Re: [PATCH v6.19-rc1 1/1] perf auxtrace: Include sys/types.h for pid_t

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Wed Dec 03 2025 - 12:29:08 EST


On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In 754187ad73b73bcb ("perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build option")
> sys/types.h was removed, which broke the build in all Alpine Linux
> releases, as musl libc has pid_t defined via sys/types.h, add it back.
>
> Fixes: 754187ad73b73bcb ("perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build option")
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Ian

> ---
> tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
> index eee2c11f76668348..6947f3f284c02928 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #ifndef __PERF_AUXTRACE_H
> #define __PERF_AUXTRACE_H
>
> +#include <sys/types.h>
> #include <stdio.h> // FILE
> #include <linux/perf_event.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> --
> 2.52.0
>