linux-toradex.git/tools/perf, branch v6.7 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules perf list: Fix JSON segfault by setting the used skip_duplicate_pmus callback 2023-12-05T19:16:00+00:00 Ian Rogers irogers@google.com 2023-11-29T21:34:26+00:00 b1693747487442984050eb0f462b83a3a8307525 Json output didn't set the skip_duplicate_pmus callback yielding a segfault. Fixes: cd4e1efbbc40 ("perf pmus: Skip duplicate PMUs and don't print list suffix by default") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231129213428.2227448-2-irogers@google.com [namhyung: updated subject line according to Arnaldo] Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> 
Json output didn't set the skip_duplicate_pmus callback yielding a
segfault.

Fixes: cd4e1efbbc40 ("perf pmus: Skip duplicate PMUs and don't print list suffix by default")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231129213428.2227448-2-irogers@google.com
[namhyung: updated subject line according to Arnaldo]
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
perf vendor events arm64: AmpereOne: Add missing DefaultMetricgroupName fields 2023-12-05T18:16:40+00:00 Ilkka Koskinen ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com 2023-12-01T02:15:48+00:00 90fe70d4e23cb57253d2668a171d5695c332deb7 AmpereOne metrics were missing DefaultMetricgroupName from metrics with "Default" in group name resulting perf to segfault. Add the missing field to address the issue. Fixes: 59faeaf80d02 ("perf vendor events arm64: Fix for AmpereOne metrics") Signed-off-by: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201021550.1109196-2-ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> 
AmpereOne metrics were missing DefaultMetricgroupName from metrics with
"Default" in group name resulting perf to segfault. Add the missing
field to address the issue.

Fixes: 59faeaf80d02 ("perf vendor events arm64: Fix for AmpereOne metrics")
Signed-off-by: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201021550.1109196-2-ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
perf metrics: Avoid segv if default metricgroup isn't set 2023-12-05T18:15:10+00:00 Ian Rogers irogers@google.com 2023-12-04T18:23:29+00:00 e2b005d6ec0e738df584190e21d2c7ada37266a0 A metric is default by having "Default" within its groups. The default metricgroup name needn't be set and this can result in segv in default_metricgroup_cmp and perf_stat__print_shadow_stats_metricgroup that assume it has a value when there is a Default metric group. To avoid the segv initialize the value to "". Fixes: 1c0e47956a8e ("perf metrics: Sort the Default metricgroup") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231204182330.654255-1-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> 
A metric is default by having "Default" within its groups. The default
metricgroup name needn't be set and this can result in segv in
default_metricgroup_cmp and perf_stat__print_shadow_stats_metricgroup
that assume it has a value when there is a Default metric group. To
avoid the segv initialize the value to "".

Fixes: 1c0e47956a8e ("perf metrics: Sort the Default metricgroup")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231204182330.654255-1-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
perf build: Ensure sysreg-defs Makefile respects output dir 2023-11-22T19:17:53+00:00 Oliver Upton oliver.upton@linux.dev 2023-11-21T19:29:56+00:00 a29ee6aea7030786a63fde0d6d83a8f477b060fb Currently the sysreg-defs are written out to the source tree unconditionally, ignoring the specified output directory. Correct the build rule to emit the header to the output directory. Opportunistically reorganize the rules to avoid interleaving with the set of beauty make rules. Reported-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121192956.919380-3-oliver.upton@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> 
Currently the sysreg-defs are written out to the source tree
unconditionally, ignoring the specified output directory. Correct the
build rule to emit the header to the output directory. Opportunistically
reorganize the rules to avoid interleaving with the set of beauty make
rules.

Reported-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121192956.919380-3-oliver.upton@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
tools perf: Add arm64 sysreg files to MANIFEST 2023-11-22T19:17:53+00:00 Oliver Upton oliver.upton@linux.dev 2023-11-21T19:29:55+00:00 ef5c958090a909c9f2ab717ba6abb86869e42da7 Ian pointed out that source tarballs are incomplete as of commit e2bdd172e665 ("perf build: Generate arm64's sysreg-defs.h and add to include path"), since the source files needed from the kernel tree do not appear in the manifest. Add them. Reported-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Fixes: e2bdd172e665 ("perf build: Generate arm64's sysreg-defs.h and add to include path") Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121192956.919380-2-oliver.upton@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> 
Ian pointed out that source tarballs are incomplete as of commit
e2bdd172e665 ("perf build: Generate arm64's sysreg-defs.h and add to
include path"), since the source files needed from the kernel tree do
not appear in the manifest. Add them.

Reported-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Fixes: e2bdd172e665 ("perf build: Generate arm64's sysreg-defs.h and add to include path")
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121192956.919380-2-oliver.upton@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
tools/perf: Update tools's copy of mips syscall table 2023-11-22T18:57:47+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung@kernel.org 2023-11-21T22:56:49+00:00 027905fe5baec70a00e00890e982d035d6c8b6b3 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: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-14-namhyung@kernel.org 
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: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-14-namhyung@kernel.org
tools/perf: Update tools's copy of s390 syscall table 2023-11-22T18:57:47+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung@kernel.org 2023-11-21T22:56:48+00:00 d3968c974a2453de9289bdb9d34130b2ce323628 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: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com> Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-13-namhyung@kernel.org 
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: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-13-namhyung@kernel.org
tools/perf: Update tools's copy of powerpc syscall table 2023-11-22T18:57:47+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung@kernel.org 2023-11-21T22:56:47+00:00 3483d2440538aa2575c3cddac0b7f42d488570cf 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: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-12-namhyung@kernel.org 
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: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-12-namhyung@kernel.org
tools/perf: Update tools's copy of x86 syscall table 2023-11-22T18:57:47+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung@kernel.org 2023-11-21T22:56:46+00:00 b3b11aed147af8f7c3d79c5b0b7474505d1dde7b 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: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-11-namhyung@kernel.org 
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: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-11-namhyung@kernel.org
tools headers: Update tools's copy of socket.h header 2023-11-22T18:57:47+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung@kernel.org 2023-11-21T22:56:42+00:00 fd2ddee727d1ae9296b3875087410cc3698885f0 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: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-7-namhyung@kernel.org 
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: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-7-namhyung@kernel.org