Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix cross compiling error

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-08-31T13:54:52Z

Em Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:54:02PM +0000, Wang Nan escreveu:
> Cross compiling perf to other platform failed due to missing symbol:
>
> ...
> AR /pathofperf/libperf.a
> LD /pathofperf/tests/perf-in.o
> LD /pathofperf/perf-in.o
> LINK /pathofperf/perf
> /pathofperf/libperf.a(libperf-in.o): In function `intel_pt_synth_branch_sample':
> /usr/src/kernel/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:899: undefined reference to `tsc_to_perf_time'
> /pathofperf/libperf.a(libperf-in.o): In function `intel_pt_synth_transaction_sample':
> /usr/src/kernel/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:992: undefined reference to `tsc_to_perf_time'
> /pathofperf/libperf.a(libperf-in.o): In function `intel_pt_synth_instruction_sample':
> /usr/src/kernel/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:943: undefined reference to `tsc_to_perf_time'
> ...
>
> This is because we allow newly introduced intel-pt-decoder to be
> compiled to not only X86, but tsc.c which required by it is compiled
> for x86 only.
>
> This patch fix the compiling error by allow tsc.c to be compiled if
> CONFIG_AUXTRACE is set, no matter the target platform.

There were some changes in this area, i.e. x86 needs tsc, and auxtrace
as well, so both should express that via:

libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += tsc.o

Because on !x86 we want to process perf.data files containing Intel PT.

Adding Jiri and Adrian to the CC list.

- Arnaldo

> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/Build | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
> index fd2f084..c8d9c7e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/Build
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ libperf-y += stat-shadow.o
> libperf-y += record.o
> libperf-y += srcline.o
> libperf-y += data.o
> -libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
> +libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += tsc.o
> libperf-y += cloexec.o
> libperf-y += thread-stack.o
> libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
> --
> 1.8.3.4