linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.3-rc1 build error with older elfutils "util/symbol-elf.c:41:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘elf

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:37:08 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:	Vinson Lee <vlee@...pensource.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
	Victor Kamensky <victor.kamensky@...aro.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 4.3-rc1 build error with older elfutils "util/symbol-elf.c:41:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘elf_getphdrnum’"

Em Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:06:19AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 09:28:31AM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> > On 17/09/15 01:10, Vinson Lee wrote:
> > > With Linux 4.3-rc1 I get a perf build error using toolchains with
> > > older elfutils.
> > > 
> > > The following build error occurs on both CentOS 5.11 (elfutils 0.137)
> > > and Ubuntu 10.04.4 (elfutils 0.143).
> > > 
> > >   CC       util/symbol-elf.o
> > > cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> > > util/symbol-elf.c:41: error: no previous prototype for ‘elf_getphdrnum’
> > 
> > commit f785f2357673d520a0b7b468973cdd197f336494
> > removed the 'static' qualifier, presumably because there
> > are cases where the prototype is in the header but the function is
> > not in the library.
> > 
> > AFAICT gcc accepts multiple prototypes so long as they are the same
> > so just adding the prototype should be ok i.e.
> 
> But that looks like a bandaid :-\
> 
> The comment I made in f785f2357673d520a0b7b468973cdd197f336494 was not
> clear enough, now I'm the one trying to figure out why I did that... Duh
> :-\
> 
> I.e. if:
> 
> "HAVE_ELF_GETPHDRNUM_SUPPORT is false" we shouldn't have any prototype
> for that elf_getphdrnum function, i.e. the fact that it is in libelf.h
> should mean that it is present, how come the feature test for it failed,
> i.e. HAVE_ELF_GETPHDRNUM_SUPPORT wasn't defined?

So, on RHEL5.11 (aka, I guess, CentOS 5.11):

  [acme@...l5 linux]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga)
  [acme@...l5 linux]$ rpm -q elfutils
  elfutils-0.137-3.el5
  [acme@...l5 linux]$ cat /tmp/build/perf/feature/test-libelf-getphdrnum.make.output
  cc1: warnings being treated as errors
  test-libelf-getphdrnum.c: In function ‘main’:
  test-libelf-getphdrnum.c:7: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘elf_getphdrnum’
  [acme@...l5 linux]$

If I revert my patch, it builds... I am now building this in more
systems while trying to get my head around how
HAVE_ELF_GETPHDRNUM_SUPPORT can be false while elf_getphdrnum() is
defined.

- Arnaldo
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