[adding some Cc:]
On 04/14/2018 02:41 AM, Teck Choon Giam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Compile linux-4.9.94 will have error related to KMOD_DECOMP_LEN
> undeclared. Searching string related to KMOD_DECOMP_LEN in
> linux-4.9.94 and linux-4.15.17 sources as below:
>
> <mock-chroot>sh-4.2# grep -r KMOD_DECOMP_LEN ./linux-4.15.17
> ./linux-4.15.17/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c: char
> decomp_name[KMOD_DECOMP_LEN];
> ./linux-4.15.17/tools/perf/util/dso.h:#define KMOD_DECOMP_LEN
> sizeof(KMOD_DECOMP_NAME)
> ./linux-4.15.17/tools/perf/util/annotate.c: char tmp[KMOD_DECOMP_LEN];
> ./linux-4.15.17/tools/perf/util/dso.c: char newpath[KMOD_DECOMP_LEN];
> sh-4.2# grep -r KMOD_DECOMP_LEN ./linux-4.9.94
> ./linux-4.9.94/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c: char
> decomp_name[KMOD_DECOMP_LEN];
> ./linux-4.9.94/tools/perf/util/dso.c: char newpath[KMOD_DECOMP_LEN];
>
> So I guess for linux-4.9.94 has not define KMOD_DECOMP_LEN in
> tools/perf/util/dso.h?
4.9.9[456] lack:
#define KMOD_DECOMP_NAME "/tmp/perf-kmod-XXXXXX"
#define KMOD_DECOMP_LEN sizeof(KMOD_DECOMP_NAME)
However, the commit that added those macros does not apply cleanly to 4.9.96.
commit 42b3fa670825983fc8bd0ac7b80cc84ae3abb75b
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org>
Date: Thu Jun 8 16:31:03 2017 +0900
perf tools: Introduce dso__decompress_kmodule_{fd,path}
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~Randy
