Re: [tip:perf/urgent] tracing: Include module.h in define_trace.h

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Jan 10 2011 - 08:49:18 EST


On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 21:09 +0000, tip-bot for Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Commit-ID: 3a9f987b3141f086de27832514aad9f50a53f754
> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/3a9f987b3141f086de27832514aad9f50a53f754
> Author: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:40:10 -0500
> Committer: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CommitDate: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:44:56 -0500
>
> tracing: Include module.h in define_trace.h
>
> While doing some developing, Peter Zijlstra and I have found
> that if a CREATE_TRACE_POINTS include is done before module.h
> is included, it can break the build.
>
> We have been lucky so far that this has not broke the build
> since module.h is included in almost everything.
>
> Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/trace/define_trace.h | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/define_trace.h b/include/trace/define_trace.h
> index b0b4eb2..da39b22 100644
> --- a/include/trace/define_trace.h
> +++ b/include/trace/define_trace.h
> @@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
> #undef CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>
> #include <linux/stringify.h>
> +/*
> + * module.h includes tracepoints, and because ftrace.h
> + * pulls in module.h:
> + * trace/ftrace.h -> linux/ftrace_event.h -> linux/perf_event.h ->
> + * linux/ftrace.h -> linux/module.h
> + * we must include module.h here before we play with any of
> + * the TRACE_EVENT() macros, otherwise the tracepoints included
> + * by module.h may break the build.
> + */
> +#include <linux/module.h>
>
> #undef TRACE_EVENT
> #define TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, print) \

After I got everything building on that tree I was working on, the above
was found to compile but not to link, since it makes every:

#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/event/foo.h>

site also create the trace/event/module.h tracepoints, thus confusing
the linker with tons of duplicate symbols.

The below patch makes things compile and link:

---
include/trace/define_trace.h | 23 +++++++++++++----------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/define_trace.h b/include/trace/define_trace.h
index da39b22..9ebd0d3 100644
--- a/include/trace/define_trace.h
+++ b/include/trace/define_trace.h
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@
#undef CREATE_TRACE_POINTS

#include <linux/stringify.h>
-/*
- * module.h includes tracepoints, and because ftrace.h
- * pulls in module.h:
- * trace/ftrace.h -> linux/ftrace_event.h -> linux/perf_event.h ->
- * linux/ftrace.h -> linux/module.h
- * we must include module.h here before we play with any of
- * the TRACE_EVENT() macros, otherwise the tracepoints included
- * by module.h may break the build.
- */
-#include <linux/module.h>

#undef TRACE_EVENT
#define TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, print) \
@@ -120,4 +110,17 @@
/* We may be processing more files */
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS

+#else /* CREATE_TRACE_POINTS */
+
+/*
+ * module.h includes tracepoints, and because ftrace.h
+ * pulls in module.h:
+ * trace/ftrace.h -> linux/ftrace_event.h -> linux/perf_event.h ->
+ * linux/ftrace.h -> linux/module.h
+ * we must include module.h here before we play with any of
+ * the TRACE_EVENT() macros, otherwise the tracepoints included
+ * by module.h may break the build.
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
#endif /* CREATE_TRACE_POINTS */

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