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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mips: Fix build if PERF_EVENTS is configured
On 04/08/2015 05:09 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 01:29:52PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>
>> mips builds fail in -next as follows if PERF_EVENTS is configured.
>>
>> kernel/built-in.o: In function `perf_sample_regs_user':
>> kernel/events/core.c:4828: undefined reference to `perf_get_regs_user'
>>
>> The problem is caused by commit 3478e32c1545 ("MIPS: Add user stack and
>> registers to perf.") in combination with commit 88a7c26af8da ("perf:
>> Move task_pt_regs sampling into arch code"), which introduces
>> perf_get_regs_user().
>>
>> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
>> Cc: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
>
> I've already applied the same change locally but due to patch ordering
> constraints I'm considering to temporarily pull this patch until the
> perf stuff and the remainder of the MIPS changes are in 4.1 or so.
>
Hi Ralf,

Does it hurt to have the function if 88a7c26af8da is not in the tree ?
Sure, you'll get a smatch and/or sparse warning, but I would consider that
to be less severe than build failures.

Thanks,
Guenter



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