From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> commit d0e7b0c71fbb653de90a7163ef46912a96f0bdaf upstream. To avoid this: util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c: In function 'python_start_script': util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c:1595:2: error: 'visibility' attribute ignored [-Werror=attributes] 1595 | PyMODINIT_FUNC (*initfunc)(void); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That started breaking when building with PYTHON=python3 and these gcc versions (I haven't checked with the clang ones, maybe it breaks there as well): # export PERF_TARBALL=http://192.168.86.5/perf/perf-5.9.0.tar.xz # dm fedora:33 fedora:rawhide 1 107.80 fedora:33 : Ok gcc (GCC) 10.2.1 20201005 (Red Hat 10.2.1-5), clang version 11.0.0 (Fedora 11.0.0-1.fc33) 2 92.47 fedora:rawhide : Ok gcc (GCC) 10.2.1 20201016 (Red Hat 10.2.1-6), clang version 11.0.0 (Fedora 11.0.0-1.fc34) # Avoid that by ditching that 'initfunc' function pointer with its: #define Py_EXPORTED_SYMBOL _attribute_ ((visibility ("default"))) #define PyMODINIT_FUNC Py_EXPORTED_SYMBOL PyObject* And just call PyImport_AppendInittab() at the end of the ifdef python3 block with the functions that were being attributed to that initfunc. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tapas Kundu <tkundu@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c @@ -1592,7 +1592,6 @@ static void _free_command_line(wchar_t * static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv) { struct tables *tables = &tables_global; - PyMODINIT_FUNC (*initfunc)(void); #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 const char **command_line; #else @@ -1607,20 +1606,18 @@ static int python_start_script(const cha FILE *fp; #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 - initfunc = initperf_trace_context; command_line = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(const char *)); command_line[0] = script; for (i = 1; i < argc + 1; i++) command_line[i] = argv[i - 1]; + PyImport_AppendInittab(name, initperf_trace_context); #else - initfunc = PyInit_perf_trace_context; command_line = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t *)); command_line[0] = Py_DecodeLocale(script, NULL); for (i = 1; i < argc + 1; i++) command_line[i] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i - 1], NULL); + PyImport_AppendInittab(name, PyInit_perf_trace_context); #endif - - PyImport_AppendInittab(name, initfunc); Py_Initialize(); #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3