linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.32.34

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Message-ID: <1300944178.7409.5.camel@marge.simson.net>
Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:22:58 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Teck Choon Giam <giamteckchoon@...il.com>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...nel.org, lwn@....net,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32.34

On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 11:39 +0800, Teck Choon Giam wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz> wrote:
> > On 03/23/2011 09:34 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >> --- a/kernel/perf_event.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
> >> @@ -4167,6 +4167,8 @@ static void tp_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
> >>
> >>  static const struct pmu *tp_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
> >>  {
> >> +     if (event->hw.state & PERF_HES_STOPPED)
> >> +             return 0;
> >>       /*
> >>        * Raw tracepoint data is a severe data leak, only allow root to
> >>        * have these.
> >
> > This causes build to fail:
> > /usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-2.6.32.34/linux-2.6.32/kernel/perf_event.c:
> > In function 'tp_perf_event_init':
> > /usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-2.6.32.34/linux-2.6.32/kernel/perf_event.c:4170:
> > error: 'struct hw_perf_event' has no member named 'state'
> > /usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-2.6.32.34/linux-2.6.32/kernel/perf_event.c:4170:
> > error: 'PERF_HES_STOPPED' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > /usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-2.6.32.34/linux-2.6.32/kernel/perf_event.c:4170:
> > error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > /usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-vanilla-2.6.32.34/linux-2.6.32/kernel/perf_event.c:4170:
> > error: for each function it appears in.)
> >
> >
> > The source:
> > commit 6f197b73304b3bd3d5a43b931383a5331d6b2987
> > Author: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> > Date:   Mon Mar 7 21:27:09 2011 +0100
> >
> >    perf: Handle stopped state with tracepoints
> >
> >    commit a0f7d0f7fc02465bb9758501f611f63381792996 upstream.
> >
> >    We toggle the state from start and stop callbacks but actually
> >    don't check it when the event triggers. Do it so that
> >    these callbacks actually work.
> 
> It builds fine for me with gcc version 4.1.2 for both x86_32 and x86_64.

It won't if you turn tracing on.  hw_perf_event.state appeared in .37
via a4eaf7f1.

	-Mike

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