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tools headers: Update tools's copy of socket.h header
authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:56:42 +0000 (14:56 -0800)
committerNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:57:47 +0000 (10:57 -0800)
commitfd2ddee727d1ae9296b3875087410cc3698885f0
tree9ec7e52366e7642cd73b8b95c907fea3d7c14082
parent91c97b36bd6939a5c3c29de9e83e6359146c6939
tools headers: Update tools's copy of socket.h header

tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.

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.

Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-7-namhyung@kernel.org
tools/perf/trace/beauty/include/linux/socket.h