linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] tools headers: Verify arm64's unistd

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Message-Id: <20251210-perf_fix_syscall_header-v2-3-b18b6016e0ea@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:44:57 +0000
From: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, 
 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
 Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
 James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, 
 Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] tools headers: Verify arm64's unistd_64.h

Add a consistency check between the generated arm64 unistd_64.h header
and the one stored under tools.  This helps ensure that the syscall
definitions remain aligned with the kernel.

The new check reports mismatch such as:

  diff -u tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h /tmp/tmp.BYFZqJfzCC/generated/unistd_64.h

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
---
 tools/perf/check-headers.sh | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
index e0537f275da2f79ea9e05b91300aa1e2f996e9f1..ebc09db1c6055bd29a7d8a4d7aba29e76a19cf5d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ check_2 tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/parisc/entry/sysc
 check_2 tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
 check_2 tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
 
+# Generate Arm64's unistd_64.h dynamically and compare it with the one in tools.
+if tmpdir=$(mktemp -d); then
+	make -f scripts/Makefile.asm-headers srctree=$PWD SRCARCH=arm64 \
+		obj=$tmpdir/generated generic=include/uapi/asm-generic \
+		$tmpdir/generated/unistd_64.h > /dev/null
+	check_2 tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h $tmpdir/generated/unistd_64.h
+	rm -rf $tmpdir
+fi
+
 for i in "${BEAUTY_FILES[@]}"
 do
   beauty_check "$i" -B

-- 
2.34.1