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| author | Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> | 2026-01-08 09:43:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2026-01-26 17:06:32 -0300 |
| commit | 096b86ce08332fbcb0ec6ff6714c44899ec03970 (patch) | |
| tree | f033531643fad880e95b0255796042e6196ba193 /tools/perf/scripts/python/event_analyzing_sample.py | |
| parent | d3b402c5a2d47f51eb0581da1a7b142f82cb10d1 (diff) | |
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tools headers: Go back to include asm-generic/unistd.h for arm64
The header unistd.h is included under Arm64's uAPI folder (see
tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/), but it does not include its
dependent header unistd_64.h.
The intention is for unistd_64.h to be generated dynamically using
scripts/Makefile.asm-headers.
However, this dynamic approach causes problems because the header is not
available early enough, even though it is widely included throughout
tools.
Using the perf build as an example:
1) Feature detection: Perf first runs feature tests.
The BPF feature program test-bpf.c includes unistd.h. Since
unistd_64.h has not been generated yet, the program fails to build,
and the BPF feature ends up being disabled.
2) libperf build:
The libperf Makefile later generates unistd_64.h on the fly, so
libperf itself builds successfully.
3) Final perf build:
Although the perf binary can build successfully using the generated
header, we never get a chance to build BPF skeleton programs,
because BPF support was already disabled earlier.
Restore to include asm-generic/unistd.h for fixing the issue. This
aligns with most architectures (x86 is a special case that keeps
unistd_32.h/unistd_64.h for its particular syscall numbers) and ensures
the header is available from the start.
Fixes: 22f72088ffe69a37 ("tools headers: Update the syscall table with the kernel sources")
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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