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[1/1,FYI] tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/fcntl.h with the kernel sources

Message ID ZbJv9fGF_k2xXEdr@kernel.org
State New
Headers
Series [1/1,FYI] tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/fcntl.h with the kernel sources |

Commit Message

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Jan. 25, 2024, 2:28 p.m. UTC 
  tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.

- Arnaldo

Full explanation:

There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
adopted the current model.

The way these headers are used in perf are not restricted to just
including them to compile something.

There are sometimes used in scripts that convert defines into string
tables, etc, so some change may break one of these scripts, or new MSRs
may use some different #define pattern, etc.

E.g.:

  $ ls -1 tools/perf/trace/beauty/*.sh | head -5
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsconfig.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsmount.sh
  $
  $ tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
  static const char *fadvise_advices[] = {
  	[0] = "NORMAL",
  	[1] = "RANDOM",
  	[2] = "SEQUENTIAL",
  	[3] = "WILLNEED",
  	[4] = "DONTNEED",
  	[5] = "NOREUSE",
  };
  $

The tools/perf/check-headers.sh script, part of the tools/ build
process, points out changes in the original files.

So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.

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To get the changes in:

  8a924db2d7b5eb69 ("fs: Pass AT_GETATTR_NOSEC flag to getattr interface function")

That don't add anything that is handled by existing hard coded tables or
table generation scripts.

This silences this perf build warning:

  Warning: Kernel ABI header differences:
    diff -u tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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Patch

diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 6c80f96049bd07d1..282e90aeb163c028 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -116,5 +116,8 @@ 
 #define AT_HANDLE_FID		AT_REMOVEDIR	/* file handle is needed to
 					compare object identity and may not
 					be usable to open_by_handle_at(2) */
+#if defined(__KERNEL__)
+#define AT_GETATTR_NOSEC	0x80000000
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FCNTL_H */