Re: [RFC PATCH] perf tools: Fix cross compile for ARM64

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Nov 06 2019 - 09:00:41 EST


Em Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 09:00:54PM +0800, John Garry escreveu:
> Currently when cross compiling perf tool for ARM64 on my x86 machine I get
> this error:
> arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c:9:10: fatal error: gelf.h: No such file or directory
> #include <gelf.h>
>
> For the build, libelf is reported off:
> Auto-detecting system features:
> ...
> ... libelf: [ OFF ]

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo

> Indeed, test-libelf is not built successfully:
> more ./build/feature/test-libelf.make.output
> test-libelf.c:2:10: fatal error: libelf.h: No such file or directory
> #include <libelf.h>
> ^~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
>
> I have no such problems natively compiling on ARM64, and I did not
> previously have this issue for cross compiling. Fix by relocating
> the gelf.h include.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> I marked this as RFC as I am suspicious that I have seen no other
> reports, and whether fixing up the libelf.h include issue is the proper
> approach.
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
> index 5df788985130..8dfa3e5229f1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
> @@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
>
> #include "symbol.h" // for the elf__needs_adjust_symbols() prototype
> #include <stdbool.h>
> -#include <gelf.h>
>
> #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
> +#include <gelf.h>
> +
> bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
> {
> return ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC ||
> --
> 2.17.1

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- Arnaldo