Re: [PATCH] perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:07:15AM +0800, Jianmin Wang wrote:
> Hi, Greg KH,
> 
> There is the same problem found on Linux 4.19.y, while compiling linux 4.19.y
> with binutils 2.34.
> 
> Can the follow commit be backported to stable branch 4.19.y as well?
> 
> Commit id: 0ada120c883d ("perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd")

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd

[Greg KH]

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 03:50:25AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since commit
> 0ada120c883d ("perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd")
> is in master, can it be backported to stable as well? I keep hitting
> this with too new binutils on Linux 5.4.y and I have to keep
> cherry-picking this commit to fix it.

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd

[Marek Vasut]

Hi,

since commit
0ada120c883d ("perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd")
is in master, can it be backported to stable as well? I keep hitting
this with too new binutils on Linux 5.4.y and I have to keep
cherry-picking this commit to fix it.

Thanks

Re: [PATCH] perf: Make perf able to build with latest libbfd

[Joel Stanley]

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 at 23:25, Stephen Rothwell  wrote:
>
> Hi Arnaldo,
>
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:55:48 +0100 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
>  wrote:
> >
> > Em Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 08:58:29AM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:29:38PM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> > > > libbfd has changed the bfd_section_* macros to inline functions
> > > > bfd_section_ since 2019-09-18. See below two commits:
> > > >   o http://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-cvs/2019-09/msg00064.html
> > > >   o https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-cvs/2019-09/msg00072.html
> > > >
> > > > This fix make perf able to build with both old and new libbfd.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du 
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
> >
> > Thanks, applied.
>
> Just wondering if this should have been cc'd to stable?

Yes please. We hit this today.

Cheers,

Joel