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: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/uapi/linux/mount.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mount.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mount.h
index 8eb0d7b758d2..bb242fdcfe6b 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mount.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mount.h
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ enum fsconfig_command {
FSCONFIG_SET_PATH = 3, /* Set parameter, supplying an object by path */
FSCONFIG_SET_PATH_EMPTY = 4, /* Set parameter, supplying an object by (empty) path */
FSCONFIG_SET_FD = 5, /* Set parameter, supplying an object by fd */
- FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE = 6, /* Invoke superblock creation */
+ FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE = 6, /* Create new or reuse existing superblock */
FSCONFIG_CMD_RECONFIGURE = 7, /* Invoke superblock reconfiguration */
+ FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE_EXCL = 8, /* Create new superblock, fail if reusing existing superblock */
};
/*
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