tools/perf fails to build after Xenial update to 4.4.208 upstream stable release
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Kleber Sacilotto de Souza |
Bug Description
[Impact]
xenial/linux after the update to 4.4.208 upstream stable fails to build tools/perf on environments that don't have libunwind installed.
[...]
builtin-report.c: In function ‘report_
builtin-
if (dwarf_
^
[...]
This is caused by the following commit from linux-4.4.y:
commit faece3af8072976
Author: Jin Yao <email address hidden>
Date: Fri Oct 11 10:21:22 2019 +0800
perf report: Add warning when libunwind not compiled in
[ Upstream commit 800d3f561659b54
[Fix]
Revert the mentioned commit. The variable 'dwarf_
[Test]
Build the kernel on PPA for powerpc, ppc64el and s390x.
[Regression Potential]
Null. This commit is supposed to only add a warning and is breaking the build for some architectures, so reverting it will not cause any regression for the users.
CVE References
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza) |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification- needed- xenial' to 'verification- done-xenial' . If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification- needed- xenial' to 'verification- failed- xenial' .
If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.
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