linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 0/4] perf/urgent fixes

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:49:10 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>,
	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 0/4] perf/urgent fixes

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 03:14:33PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> (Just reporting two bugs I found today - unrelated to your the 
> perf/urgent pull request.)
> 
> 1)
> 
> Even when the most modern unwind library is found, the autodetection 
> is spammy:
> 
> 
>  Auto-detecting system features:
>  ...                         dwarf: [ on  ]
>  ...                         glibc: [ on  ]
>  ...                          gtk2: [ on  ]
>  ...                      libaudit: [ on  ]
>  ...                        libbfd: [ on  ]
>  ...                        libelf: [ on  ]
>  ...                       libnuma: [ on  ]
>  ...                       libperl: [ on  ]
>  ...                     libpython: [ on  ]
>  ...                      libslang: [ on  ]
>  ...                     libunwind: [ on  ]
>  ...            libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ on  ]
>  ...     DWARF post unwind library: libunwind
> 
> The 'DWARF post unwind library' line is somewhat superfluous. I 
> realize that it prints out the library selected - but that's obvious 
> from the 'libdw-dwarf-unwind' line above it already, right?

nope, the on/off output is only whats detected in system,
you've got both libunwind and libdw-dwarf-unwind detected

libunwind is default unless you use NO_LIBUNWIND=1

> 
> Furthermore, it breaks the autodetection output format.

we could move it to the 'make VF=1' output ;-) like:

Auto-detecting system features:
...                         dwarf: [ on  ]
...                         glibc: [ on  ]
...                          gtk2: [ on  ]
...                      libaudit: [ on  ]
...                        libbfd: [ on  ]
...                        libelf: [ on  ]
...                       libnuma: [ on  ]
...                       libperl: [ on  ]
...                     libpython: [ on  ]
...                      libslang: [ on  ]
...                     libunwind: [ on  ]
...            libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ on  ]
...                     backtrace: [ on  ]
...                fortify-source: [ on  ]
...                  gtk2-infobar: [ on  ]
...             libelf-getphdrnum: [ on  ]
...                   libelf-mmap: [ on  ]
...             libpython-version: [ on  ]
...                       on-exit: [ on  ]
...            stackprotector-all: [ on  ]
...                       timerfd: [ on  ]
...         libunwind-debug-frame: [ OFF ]
...                        bionic: [ OFF ]

...                        prefix: /home/jolsa
...                        bindir: /home/jolsa/bin
...                        libdir: /home/jolsa/lib64
...                    sysconfdir: /home/jolsa/etc
...                 LIBUNWIND_DIR: 
...                     LIBDW_DIR: 

...     DWARF post unwind library: libunwind


jirka
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