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Message-ID: <CAP-5=fXW2KiHy+wT16nRgQK4xboTzcTH3pMEe3=En7dwUNGJPQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:11:21 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: "Mi, Dapeng" <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, 
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, 
	Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>, 
	Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, 
	Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-csky@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Zide Chen <zide.chen@...el.com>, Falcon Thomas <thomas.falcon@...el.com>, 
	Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...el.com>, Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch v2 1/3] perf arch: Update arch headers to use relative
 UAPI paths

On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 4:38 AM Mi, Dapeng <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 1/27/2026 3:02 PM, Dapeng Mi wrote:
> > The architectural specific headers perf_regs.h currently rely on the
> > host architecture's 'asm/perf_regs.h'. This can lead to compilation
> > inconsistencies or failures when including and building perf for a
> > target architecture that differs from the host's architecture.
> >
> > Explicitly point to the UAPI headers within the tools source tree using
> > relative paths. This ensures that perf is always built against the
> > intended architecture.
> >
> > No functional changes are intended.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm/include/perf_regs.h       | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h     | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h      | 1 +
> >  tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/perf_regs.h | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/mips/include/perf_regs.h      | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h   | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/perf_regs.h     | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h      | 2 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/include/perf_regs.h       | 2 +-
> >  9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 75ce1c370114..20c54766e3a0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  void perf_regs_load(u64 *regs);
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 58639ee9f7ea..372f2565a9dd 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> >  #define perf_event_arm_regs perf_event_arm64_regs
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >  #undef perf_event_arm_regs
> >
> >  void perf_regs_load(u64 *regs);
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 076c7746c8a2..9520e6aa319e 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> >  #include <asm/perf_regs.h>
>
> Oops, the above line was not removed. Would remove it in next version.

Aside from this:
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>

Thanks,
Ian

> > +#include "../../../../arch/csky/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  #define PERF_REGS_MASK       ((1ULL << PERF_REG_CSKY_MAX) - 1)
> >  #define PERF_REGS_MAX        PERF_REG_CSKY_MAX
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 45c799fa5330..b86078a55e90 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/loongarch/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  #define PERF_REGS_MAX PERF_REG_LOONGARCH_MAX
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/mips/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/mips/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 7082e91e0ed1..66655f0c4fea 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/mips/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/mips/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  #define PERF_REGS_MAX PERF_REG_MIPS_MAX
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 1c66f6ba6773..22b492a3dd58 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  void perf_regs_load(u64 *regs);
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/perf_regs.h
> > index d482edb413e5..89d5bbb8d2b8 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  #define PERF_REGS_MASK       ((1ULL << PERF_REG_RISCV_MAX) - 1)
> >  #define PERF_REGS_MAX        PERF_REG_RISCV_MAX
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h
> > index 130dfad2b96a..9c95589965fe 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  void perf_regs_load(u64 *regs);
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/perf_regs.h
> > index f209ce2c1dd9..5495e5ca7cdc 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > -#include <asm/perf_regs.h>
> > +#include "../../../../arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h"
> >
> >  void perf_regs_load(u64 *regs);
> >

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