linux-kernel - Re: arm/arm64 perf build issue with mainline

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Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:00:04 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Ahern <david.ahern@...cle.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: arm/arm64 perf build issue with mainline

Em Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 08:52:08PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 03:45:35PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> 
> SNIP
> 
> > > > [acme@...andy linux]$ 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > how about this one
> > 
> > I came up with this one, that doesn't introduces a new file:
> 
> ook
> 
> > 
> > From e8155c06652a05f2307d53823a7937be5dad4e32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:00:16 +0100
> > Subject: [PATCH] tools perf: Use getconf to determine number of online CPUs
> > 
> > Parsing /proc/cpuinfo is a fiddly, arch-dependent business anda recent
> > change to get it working for Sparc broke arm and arm64 platforms.
> > 
> > Use sysconf to determine the number of online CPUs only parsing
> > /proc/cpuinfo when sysconf is not available.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> > Cc: David Ahern <david.ahern@...cle.com>
> > Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>
> > Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150423140454.GJ1652@arm.com
> > [ Made it fall back to parsing /proc when getconf not found ]
> > Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/Makefile | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
> > index c699dc35eef9..bc846b83c295 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/Makefile
> > +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
> > @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ unexport MAKEFLAGS
> >  # (To override it, run 'make JOBS=1' and similar.)
> >  #
> >  ifeq ($(JOBS),)
> > -  JOBS := $(shell egrep -c '^processor|^CPU' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null)
> > +  JOBS := $(shell (getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN || egrep -c '^processor|^CPU' /proc/cpuinfo) 2>/dev/null)
> 
> how about the 'CPU[0-9]' someone asked for?

Ok, will fold that in, are you ok with going with this patch plus this
[0-9] change? I.e. acked?


- Arnaldo
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