Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 2021 14:07:36 -0300 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/cpu 4/4] Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h' differs from latest version at 'arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h': 111< /* free ( 3*32+29) */ |
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Em Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 11:25:05PM +0200, Borislav Petkov escreveu: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 12:35:44PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > ... > > will build in older systems where things added to the updated copy of > > the kernel headers isn't present, so trying to update the file and then > > rebuild perf, only warning me if it doesn't build would give me an early > > warning about things that are breaking and that I should look sooner > > rather than later. > > > > Doing just the diff is not that useful :-) > > Lemme see if I understand this correctly: you'd like for the 0day folks > to take those perf-*src-pkg builds, put them on an *old* distro and see > if it builds. Am I close?
Apply the patch, try to build it, it doesn't matter where you build it, only that after applying the patch I want to know if it doersn't build, so that I can look at it earlier than when it gets to my attention by merging upstream, etc.
> And do that with the headers in tools/ which do not have the new changes > and see if they still build? > > Or? > > Alternatively, we can always go back to keeping the headers in sync with > those in tools/ and f'get about it.
We're doing it already, Peter wants to help me with it, and I think this has value.
- Arnaldo
> Thoughts? > > Thx. > > -- > Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > > https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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- Arnaldo
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