tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.
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.
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 76d946445391..756b013fb832 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -816,15 +816,21 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_process_mrelease, sys_process_mrelease)
__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_waitv, sys_futex_waitv)
#define __NR_set_mempolicy_home_node 450
__SYSCALL(__NR_set_mempolicy_home_node, sys_set_mempolicy_home_node)
-
#define __NR_cachestat 451
__SYSCALL(__NR_cachestat, sys_cachestat)
-
#define __NR_fchmodat2 452
__SYSCALL(__NR_fchmodat2, sys_fchmodat2)
+#define __NR_map_shadow_stack 453
+__SYSCALL(__NR_map_shadow_stack, sys_map_shadow_stack)
+#define __NR_futex_wake 454
+__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_wake, sys_futex_wake)
+#define __NR_futex_wait 455
+__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_wait, sys_futex_wait)
+#define __NR_futex_requeue 456
+__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_requeue, sys_futex_requeue)
#undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 453
+#define __NR_syscalls 457
/*
* 32 bit systems traditionally used different
--
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