linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] perf tools: Use normalized arch name for searching objdump path

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Date:	Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:25:22 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
CC:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] perf tools: Use normalized arch name for searching
 objdump path

On 11/1/12 11:50 PM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
>
> David reported that perf report for i686 target data on x86_64 host
> failed to work because it tried to find out cross-compiled objdump.
>
> However objdump for x86_64 is compatible to i686 so that it doesn't
> need to do it at all.  To prevent similar artifacts, normalize arch
> name when comparing host and file architectures.
>
> Reported-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> ---
>   tools/perf/arch/common.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>   1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


Reviewed-by/Tested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

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