Since the commit
dc6d2bc2d893 ("perf sample: Make user_regs and
intr_regs optional"), the building for Arm64 reports error:
arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c: In function ‘libdw__arch_set_initial_registers’:
arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c:11:32: error: initialization of ‘struct regs_dump *’ from incompatible pointer type ‘struct regs_dump **’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
11 | struct regs_dump *user_regs = &ui->sample->user_regs;
| ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[6]: *** [/home/niayan01/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:85: arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** [/home/niayan01/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:138: util] Error 2
arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c: In function ‘test__arch_unwind_sample’:
arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c:48:27: error: initialization of ‘struct regs_dump *’ from incompatible pointer type ‘struct regs_dump **’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
48 | struct regs_dump *regs = &sample->user_regs;
| ^
To fix the issue, use the helper perf_sample__user_regs() to retrieve
the user_regs.
Fixes:
dc6d2bc2d893 ("perf sample: Make user_regs and intr_regs optional")
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250214111025.14478-1-leo.yan@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
int test__arch_unwind_sample(struct perf_sample *sample,
struct thread *thread)
{
- struct regs_dump *regs = &sample->user_regs;
+ struct regs_dump *regs = perf_sample__user_regs(sample);
u64 *buf;
buf = calloc(1, sizeof(u64) * PERF_REGS_MAX);
bool libdw__arch_set_initial_registers(Dwfl_Thread *thread, void *arg)
{
struct unwind_info *ui = arg;
- struct regs_dump *user_regs = &ui->sample->user_regs;
+ struct regs_dump *user_regs = perf_sample__user_regs(ui->sample);
Dwarf_Word dwarf_regs[PERF_REG_ARM64_MAX], dwarf_pc;
#define REG(r) ({ \