On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:18:05PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:14:26PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > hi,
> > got issue below when compiling perf tool on i686 with gcc 4.4,
> > but not sure the patch is correct workaround here.
> >
> > thanks for comments,
> > jirka
> >
> >
> > ---
> > When compiling perf tool code with gcc 4.4.7 I'm getting
> > following error:
> >
> > CC util/session.o
> > cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> > util/session.c: In function ‘perf_session_deliver_event’:
> > /root/linux/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h:109: error:
> > dereferencing pointer ‘p’ does break strict-aliasing rules
> > /root/linux/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h:101: error:
> > dereferencing pointer ‘p’ does break strict-aliasing rules
> > util/session.c:697: note: initialized from here
> > /root/linux/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h:101: note: initialized
> > from here
> > make[1]: *** [util/session.o] Error 1
> > make: *** [util/session.o] Error 2
> >
> > The aliased types here are u64 and unsigned long pointers,
> > which is safe for the find_first_bit processing.
> >
> > This error shows up for me only for gcc 4.4 on 32bit x86,
> > even for -Wstrict-aliasing=3, while newer gcc are quiet
> > and scream here for -Wstrict-aliasing={2,1}. Looks like
> > newer gcc changed the rules for strict alias warnings.
> >
> > The gcc documentation offers workaround for valid
> > aliasing by using __may_alias__ attribute:
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.4.0/gcc/Type-Attributes.html
> >
>
> The kernel builds with -fno-strict-aliasing because the C aliasing rules
> are a bunch of monkey poo. Perf tool should probably do the same.
my pleasure ;-)
thanks,
jirka
---
Switching off the strict aliasing for perf tool compilation,
because it causes compilation issues/errors for older gcc,
and to quote Peter:
"C aliasing rules are a bunch of monkey poo"
We don't enable strict aliasing actively, it is forced by
-Ox option. Using -fno-strict-aliasing option at the same
time we use -O.
Removing -Wstrict-aliasing=3 option as well.
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Corey Ashford <[email protected]>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]>
---
tools/perf/config/Makefile | 2 +-
tools/scripts/Makefile.include | 1 -
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index f7c81d3..e7786c7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ifndef DEBUG
endif
ifeq ($(DEBUG),0)
- CFLAGS += -O6
+ CFLAGS += -O6 -fno-strict-aliasing
endif
ifdef PARSER_DEBUG
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index 8abbef1..3667b5b 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wold-style-definition
EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpacked
EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wredundant-decls
EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wshadow
-EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wstrict-aliasing=3
EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wstrict-prototypes
EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wswitch-default
EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wswitch-enum
--
1.8.3.1
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