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tools headers: Go back to include asm-generic/unistd.h for arm64
authorLeo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Thu, 8 Jan 2026 09:43:24 +0000 (09:43 +0000)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:06:32 +0000 (17:06 -0300)
The header unistd.h is included under Arm64's uAPI folder (see
tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/), but it does not include its
dependent header unistd_64.h.

The intention is for unistd_64.h to be generated dynamically using
scripts/Makefile.asm-headers.

However, this dynamic approach causes problems because the header is not
available early enough, even though it is widely included throughout
tools.

Using the perf build as an example:

 1) Feature detection: Perf first runs feature tests.

    The BPF feature program test-bpf.c includes unistd.h.  Since
    unistd_64.h has not been generated yet, the program fails to build,
    and the BPF feature ends up being disabled.

 2) libperf build:

    The libperf Makefile later generates unistd_64.h on the fly, so
    libperf itself builds successfully.

 3) Final perf build:

    Although the perf binary can build successfully using the generated
    header, we never get a chance to build BPF skeleton programs,
    because BPF support was already disabled earlier.

Restore to include asm-generic/unistd.h for fixing the issue.  This
aligns with most architectures (x86 is a special case that keeps
unistd_32.h/unistd_64.h for its particular syscall numbers) and ensures
the header is available from the start.

Fixes: 22f72088ffe69a37 ("tools headers: Update the syscall table with the kernel sources")
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h

index df36f23876e863ff0a9e88473d5339f7ab69516d..9306726337fe005e3cf3e1ffd38dc6356191fa95 100644 (file)
@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
-#include <asm/unistd_64.h>
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#define __ARCH_WANT_RENAMEAT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_NEW_STAT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_SET_GET_RLIMIT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_TIME32_SYSCALLS
+#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
+
+#include <asm-generic/unistd.h>