Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix compilation on powerpc

[kajoljain]

On 9/29/21 1:22 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Got following build fail on powerpc:
> 
>     CC      arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.o
>   In function ‘check_return_reg’,
>       inlined from ‘check_return_addr’ at arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c:213:7,
>       inlined from ‘arch_skip_callchain_idx’ at arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c:265:7:
>   arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c:54:18: error: ‘dwarf_frame_register’ accessing 96 bytes \
>   in a region of size 64 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
>      54 |         result = dwarf_frame_register(frame, ra_regno, ops_mem, &ops, &nops);
>         |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c: In function ‘arch_skip_callchain_idx’:
>   arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c:54:18: note: referencing argument 3 of type ‘Dwarf_Op *’
>   In file included from /usr/include/elfutils/libdwfl.h:32,
>                    from arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c:10:
>   /usr/include/elfutils/libdw.h:1069:12: note: in a call to function ‘dwarf_frame_register’
>    1069 | extern int dwarf_frame_register (Dwarf_Frame *frame, int regno,
>         |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> 
> The dwarf_frame_register args changed with [1],
> Updating ops_mem accordingly.
> 
> [1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=5621fe5443da23112170235dd5cac161e5c75e65

Hi Jiri,
	Thanks for the patch. I was able to reproduce this issue with gcc11 and
verified that with your change we no longer seeing this error.

Reviewed-by: Kajol Jain<kjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Kajol Jain<kjain@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Kajol Jain

> 
> Cc: Mark Wielaard <mjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
> index 3018a054526a..20cd6244863b 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static const Dwfl_Callbacks offline_callbacks = {
>   */
>  static int check_return_reg(int ra_regno, Dwarf_Frame *frame)
>  {
> -	Dwarf_Op ops_mem[2];
> +	Dwarf_Op ops_mem[3];
>  	Dwarf_Op dummy;
>  	Dwarf_Op *ops = &dummy;
>  	size_t nops;
>