linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] perf and breakpoints updates

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Date:	Mon, 3 May 2010 15:39:45 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] perf and breakpoints updates

On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 09:00:59AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> note, when merged into tip:master there's a new build failure with these 
> changes:
> 
> kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:58:1: error: pasting "__pcpu_scope_" and "*" does not give a valid preprocessing token
> kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:58:1: error: pasting "__pcpu_unique_" and "*" does not give a valid preprocessing token
> kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:58:1: error: pasting "__pcpu_unique_" and "*" does not give a valid preprocessing token
> 
> config attached.
> 
> 	Ingo


Ah indeed.

I can reproduce, it happens if CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU,
because we concatenate someting with the name and we have the "*" in
the name.

The right fix seems to be the following, but I prefer to test it further before
submitting it, that said it builds:


diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 684b710..7a56b22 100644
--- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nr_cpu_bp_pinned[TYPE_MAX]);
 
 /* Number of pinned task breakpoints in a cpu */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, *nr_task_bp_pinned[TYPE_MAX]);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int *, nr_task_bp_pinned[TYPE_MAX]);
 
 /* Number of non-pinned cpu/task breakpoints in a cpu */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nr_bp_flexible[TYPE_MAX]);


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