linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/19] perf tools: Build syscall table .c header from kernel's syscall

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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 15:39:21 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/19] perf tools: Build syscall table .c header from
 kernel's syscall_64.tbl

On 4/7/16 2:58 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> We used libaudit to map ids to syscall names and vice-versa, but that
> imposes a delay in supporting new syscalls, having to wait for libaudit
> to get those new syscalls on its tables.

and for the distribution to get the new libaudit.

>
> To remove that delay, for x86_64 initially, grab a copy of
> arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl and use it to generate those
> tables.

Now that's a benefit for perf in the kernel tree. What happens for out 
of tree perf builds? Are the requisite files included in the tarball? 
(apparently no, since the manifest file is not updated or perhaps I 
missed it)