linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/3] tools build: Fix arm64's unistd

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Message-Id: <20251210-perf_fix_syscall_header-v2-0-b18b6016e0ea@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:44:54 +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 0/3] tools build: Fix arm64's unistd_64.h dependency

Arm64's unistd.h is included in the tools build, but its dependent
header unistd_64.h is missing.  This results in only a partial set of UAPI
headers being available, forcing tools to generate unistd_64.h dynamically.

Because unistd.h is widely used across the tools directory, relying on a
dynamically generated header is fragile, especially when a tool builds in
multiple stages, each of which may include unistd.h.

This series addresses the issue by adding a generated unistd_64.h
directly to the tools tree, ensuring the header is available from the
start and eliminating build failures due to header dependency.

This series has been tested with Arm64 cross-compilation and confirmed
that the BPF feature is enabled in perf.  It also verifies libperf
in-source builds with applying this series.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Added a consistency check (Ian).
- Rebased on the latest perf-tools-next.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251204-perf_fix_syscall_header-v1-0-b8e27f74ed6a@arm.com

---
Leo Yan (3):
      tools headers: Add arm64's unistd_64.h
      Revert "perf tools: Fix arm64 build by generating unistd_64.h"
      tools headers: Verify arm64's unistd_64.h

 tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h | 335 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/lib/perf/Makefile                       |  14 +-
 tools/perf/Makefile.config                    |   1 -
 tools/perf/check-headers.sh                   |   9 +
 4 files changed, 346 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: cb015814f8b6eebcbb8e46e111d108892c5e6821
change-id: 20251203-perf_fix_syscall_header-e280fa931d44

Best regards,
-- 
Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>