linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix perf build breakages in 3.13

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Message-ID: <1391695995.3003.108.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:13:15 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix perf build breakages in 3.13

On Thu, 2014-02-06 at 10:48 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:59:21AM +0000, Ben Hutchings escreveu:
> > perf no longer compiles on powerpc and sparc due to changes in the trace
> > sub-command.  This series fixes those compile errors; I compile-tested
> > in Debian sid on armhf, i386, powerpc and sparc.
> > 
> > I would much prefer not to revert the tty ioctl decoding but I think
> > it's going to take a much more sophisticated approach to do it right
> > across all supported architectures.
> 
> Second thought on the revert one:
> 
> Do you have a problem of switching the big hammer to one that makes this
> work just on x86/x86-64?

That seems reasonable as a temporary measure.

Ben.

> That way at least those on these arches can have this while the correct
> solution is worked out.
> 
> - Arnaldo
>  
> > Ben.
> > 
> > Ben Hutchings (3):
> >   Revert "perf trace: Initial beautifier for ioctl's 'cmd' arg"
> >   perf trace: Add fallback definition of EFD_SEMAPHORE
> >   perf trace: Decode architecture-specific signal numbers
> > 
> >  tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 48 ++++++++++++++--------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ben Hutchings
> > It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein
> 
> 

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein

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