[PATCH] perf: arm64: Fix compilation error
James Clark
james.clark at linaro.org
Fri Feb 14 03:21:52 PST 2025
On 14/02/2025 11:10 am, Leo Yan wrote:
> Since the commit dc6d2bc2d893 ("perf sample: Make user_regs and
> intr_regs optional"), the building for Arm64 reports error:
>
> arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c: In function ‘libdw__arch_set_initial_registers’:
> arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c:11:32: error: initialization of ‘struct regs_dump *’ from incompatible pointer type ‘struct regs_dump **’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> 11 | struct regs_dump *user_regs = &ui->sample->user_regs;
> | ^
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> make[6]: *** [/home/niayan01/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:85: arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.o] Error 1
> make[5]: *** [/home/niayan01/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:138: util] Error 2
> arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c: In function ‘test__arch_unwind_sample’:
> arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c:48:27: error: initialization of ‘struct regs_dump *’ from incompatible pointer type ‘struct regs_dump **’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> 48 | struct regs_dump *regs = &sample->user_regs;
> | ^
>
> To fix the issue, use the helper perf_sample__user_regs() to retrieve
> the user_regs.
>
> Fixes: dc6d2bc2d893 ("perf sample: Make user_regs and intr_regs optional")
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
> index b2603d0d3737..440d00f0de14 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int sample_ustack(struct perf_sample *sample,
> int test__arch_unwind_sample(struct perf_sample *sample,
> struct thread *thread)
> {
> - struct regs_dump *regs = &sample->user_regs;
> + struct regs_dump *regs = perf_sample__user_regs(sample);
> u64 *buf;
>
> buf = calloc(1, sizeof(u64) * PERF_REGS_MAX);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c
> index e056d50ab42e..b89b0a7e5ad9 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
> bool libdw__arch_set_initial_registers(Dwfl_Thread *thread, void *arg)
> {
> struct unwind_info *ui = arg;
> - struct regs_dump *user_regs = &ui->sample->user_regs;
> + struct regs_dump *user_regs = perf_sample__user_regs(ui->sample);
> Dwarf_Word dwarf_regs[PERF_REG_ARM64_MAX], dwarf_pc;
>
> #define REG(r) ({ \
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
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