linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] perf tools: [uclibc] Avoid build splat for syscall numbers

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:09:07 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
Cc:	acme@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	jolsa@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] perf tools: [uclibc] Avoid build splat for
 syscall numbers

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 04:40:52PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> This is due to duplicated unistd inclusion (via uClibc headers + kernel headers)
> Also seen on ARM uClibc based tools
> 
> ------- ARC build ---------->8-------------
> 
>   CC       util/evlist.o
> In file included from
> ~/arc/k.org/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h:25:0,
>                  from util/../perf-sys.h:10,
>                  from util/../perf.h:15,
>                  from util/event.h:7,
>                  from util/event.c:3:
> ~/arc/k.org/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h:906:0:
> warning: "__NR_fcntl64" redefined [enabled by default]
>  #define __NR_fcntl64 __NR3264_fcntl
>  ^
> In file included from
> ~/arc/gnu/INSTALL_1412-arc-2014.12-rc1/arc-snps-linux-uclibc/sysroot/usr/include/sys/syscall.h:24:0,
>                  from util/../perf-sys.h:6,
> ----------------->8-------------------
> 
> ------- ARM build ---------->8-------------
> 
>   CC FPIC  plugin_scsi.o
> In file included from util/../perf-sys.h:9:0,
>                  from util/../perf.h:15,
>                  from util/cache.h:7,
>                  from perf.c:12:
> ~/arc/k.org/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h:28:0:
> warning: "__NR_restart_syscall" redefined [enabled by default]
> In file included from
> ~/buildroot/host/usr/arm-buildroot-linux-uclibcgnueabi/sysroot/usr/include/sys/syscall.h:25:0,
>                  from util/../perf-sys.h:6,
>                  from util/../perf.h:15,
>                  from util/cache.h:7,
>                  from perf.c:12:
> ~/buildroot/host/usr/arm-buildroot-linux-uclibcgnueabi/sysroot/usr/include/bits/sysnum.h:17:0:
> note: this is the location of the previous definition
> ----------------->8-------------------

Could you please point out what's the right logic for including those headers?

I've always thought that just adding:

  #include <linux/unistd.h>

should be safe no matter what.. feels like bug in one of those
header files? (uClibc headers & kernel headers)

thanks for info,
jirka
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