Re: [PATCH 5.15 000/691] 5.15.168-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:09:15AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 10/15/24 04:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.15.168 release.
> > There are 691 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> > 
> > Responses should be made by Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:22:41 +0000.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.15.168-rc1.gz
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.15.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> perf fails to build with:
> 
>   CC /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/util/evsel.o
> util/evsel.c: In function 'evsel__set_count':
> util/evsel.c:1505:14: error: 'struct perf_counts_values' has no member named
> 'lost'
>  1505 |         count->lost   = lost;
>       |              ^~
> make[6]: *** [/local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/build/Makefile.build:97: /local/users/fainelli/buildroot/output/arm/build/linux-custom/tools/perf/util/evsel.o]
> Error 1
> 
> seems like we need to backport upstream
> 89e3106fa25fb1b626a7123dba870159d453e785 ("libperf: Handle read format in
> perf_evsel__read()") to add the 'lost' member.

Is this new?  I can't build perf on any older kernels, but others might
have better luck...

thanks,

greg k-h