[PATCH 1/8] perf: Consolidate branch sample filter helpers

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 6/14/22 02:02, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi Anshuman,
> 
> Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:
> 
> [auto build test ERROR on tip/perf/core]
> [also build test ERROR on acme/perf/core]
> [cannot apply to arm64/for-next/core]
> [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch]
> 
> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Anshuman-Khandual/arm64-perf-Enable-branch-stack-sampling/20220613-180501
> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git f0fe9f3c7abcc946a676dfb295478c50312523c2
> config: x86_64-randconfig-a002-20220613 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220614/202206140422.ttLxMHtq-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 15.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project d378268ead93c85803c270277f0243737b536ae7)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/1bd23b8ca1fc92f2f5b28a94ebd95432febfe96c
>         git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
>         git fetch --no-tags linux-review Anshuman-Khandual/arm64-perf-Enable-branch-stack-sampling/20220613-180501
>         git checkout 1bd23b8ca1fc92f2f5b28a94ebd95432febfe96c
>         # save the config file
>         mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
>         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/acpi/
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> 
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
>    In file included from drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c:20:
>>> include/linux/perf_event.h:1708:42: error: use of undeclared identifier 'PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PRIV_SAVE'; did you mean 'PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE'?
>            return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PRIV_SAVE;
>                                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                                    PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE
>    include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h:231:2: note: 'PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE' declared here
>            PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE    =
>            ^
>    1 error generated.

This series is dependent on another one which adds symbol PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE
as mentioned in the cover letter. I understand the '--base' argument for git format-patch
output, but how to mention another prerequisite series before this can be built tested ?