[PATCH 1/1] tools headers asm: Sync fls headers header with the kernel sources

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Nov 03 2025 - 11:55:24 EST


tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.

Full explanation:

There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
adopted the current model.

See further details at:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/include/uapi/README

To pick the changes in:

6606c8c7e8188656 ("bitops: Add __attribute_const__ to generic ffs()-family implementations")

This addresses these tools build warnings:

Warning: Kernel ABI header differences:
diff -u tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h
diff -u tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h
diff -u tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h

Please see tools/include/uapi/README for further details.

Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h | 2 +-
tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h | 2 +-
tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h
index e974ec932ec189f9..35f33780ca6c3727 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__fls.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
*
* Undefined if no set bit exists, so code should check against 0 first.
*/
-static __always_inline unsigned int generic___fls(unsigned long word)
+static __always_inline __attribute_const__ unsigned int generic___fls(unsigned long word)
{
unsigned int num = BITS_PER_LONG - 1;

diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h
index 26f3ce1dd6e44872..8eed3437edb95c1c 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* Note fls(0) = 0, fls(1) = 1, fls(0x80000000) = 32.
*/

-static __always_inline int generic_fls(unsigned int x)
+static __always_inline __attribute_const__ int generic_fls(unsigned int x)
{
int r = 32;

diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h
index 866f2b2304ff639f..b5f58dd261a3707d 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
* at position 64.
*/
#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-static __always_inline int fls64(__u64 x)
+static __always_inline __attribute_const__ int fls64(__u64 x)
{
__u32 h = x >> 32;
if (h)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static __always_inline int fls64(__u64 x)
return fls(x);
}
#elif BITS_PER_LONG == 64
-static __always_inline int fls64(__u64 x)
+static __always_inline __attribute_const__ int fls64(__u64 x)
{
if (x == 0)
return 0;
--
2.51.1