linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] perf: Port to Android

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:30:33 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bernhard.rosenkranzer@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] perf: Port to Android

On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:08:45 +0100
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 03:32:50PM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> 
> > Why not add support for the missing functions (on_exit, getsid,
> > psignal and getline) to Bionic instead of perf?
> 
> Many vendors need to target existing Android platforms and don't have 
> the luxury of waiting for code to get through Google review and then 
> land on devices between 6 months in the future and never. The embedded 
> world is dysfunctional in a whole bunch of ways.

So add a small library and link with -lstuffandroidforgot. That's
basically how the FSF dealt with all the proprietary Unix library messes. 

Come to think of it call the library "integrated build runtime
environment" and you can like with -libre ;)

It's also going to be far more maintainable and generically useful for
porting tools from GNU to 'droid userspace.

Alan

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