tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.
- Arnaldo
Full explanation:
There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
adopted the current model.
The way these headers are used in perf are not restricted to just
including them to compile something.
There are sometimes used in scripts that convert defines into string
tables, etc, so some change may break one of these scripts, or new MSRs
may use some different #define pattern, etc.
E.g.:
$ ls -1 tools/perf/trace/beauty/*.sh | head -5
tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsconfig.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsmount.sh
$
$ tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
static const char *fadvise_advices[] = {
[0] = "NORMAL",
[1] = "RANDOM",
[2] = "SEQUENTIAL",
[3] = "WILLNEED",
[4] = "DONTNEED",
[5] = "NOREUSE",
};
$
The tools/perf/check-headers.sh script, part of the tools/ build
process, points out changes in the original files.
So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.
---
To pick the changes in these csets:
d8b0f5465012538c ("wire up syscalls for statmount/listmount")
5f42375904b08890 ("LSM: wireup Linux Security Module syscalls")
Used in some architectures to create syscall tables.
This addresses this perf build warning:
Warning: Kernel ABI header differences:
diff -u tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
Cc: Casey Schaufler <[email protected]>
Cc: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Moore <[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
---
tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 756b013fb8324bd7..75f00965ab1586cd 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -829,8 +829,21 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_futex_wait, sys_futex_wait)
#define __NR_futex_requeue 456
__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_requeue, sys_futex_requeue)
+#define __NR_statmount 457
+__SYSCALL(__NR_statmount, sys_statmount)
+
+#define __NR_listmount 458
+__SYSCALL(__NR_listmount, sys_listmount)
+
+#define __NR_lsm_get_self_attr 459
+__SYSCALL(__NR_lsm_get_self_attr, sys_lsm_get_self_attr)
+#define __NR_lsm_set_self_attr 460
+__SYSCALL(__NR_lsm_set_self_attr, sys_lsm_set_self_attr)
+#define __NR_lsm_list_modules 461
+__SYSCALL(__NR_lsm_list_modules, sys_lsm_list_modules)
+
#undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 457
+#define __NR_syscalls 462
/*
* 32 bit systems traditionally used different
--
2.43.0
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 11:05 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.
Thanks.
> So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
> the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
> check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.
We had a chat with Linus about this during this past merge window and
I've made a mental note not to update any syscall numbers under tools/
in the future. I apologize for any problems here, believe it or not
we were trying to be helpful ;)
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