From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit cff20b3151ccab690715cb6cf0f5da5cccb32adf ]
To fix the build with newer gccs, that without this patch exit with:
LD /tmp/build/perf/tests/perf-in.o
ld: /tmp/build/perf/tests/bp_account.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c:22: multiple definition of `the_var'; /tmp/build/perf/tests/bp_signal.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c:38: first defined here
make[4]: *** [/git/perf/tools/build/Makefile.build:145: /tmp/build/perf/tests/perf-in.o] Error 1
First noticed in fedora:rawhide/32 with:
[perfbuilder@a5ff49d6e6e4 ~]$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 10.0.1 20200216 (Red Hat 10.0.1-0.8)
Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Díaz <daniel.diaz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c b/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
index a20cbc4454269..624e4ef73d1c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
#include "perf.h"
#include "cloexec.h"
-volatile long the_var;
+static volatile long the_var;
static noinline int test_function(void)
{
--
2.32.0
