[ltt-dev] LTTng 0.89 for Linux 2.6.29-rc3

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 04:06:27PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Paul E. McKenney (paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 03:22:49PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > > * Paul E. McKenney (paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:31:59PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > > > > * Paul E. McKenney (paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 09:52:16PM +0530, Trilok Soni wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Paul,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Paul E. McKenney
> > > > > > > <paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> Are you using quilt to apply the patchset series file in the right order ?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ummm...  No.  I never have used quilt.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ah, there is a series file.  I guess it would not be too hard to make
> > > > > > > > an appropriate "sh" command:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > How about trying?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > #quilt push -a
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Is the appropriate incantation as follows?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	cd <top of git tree>
> > > > > > 	mkdir patches
> > > > > > 	cp /tmp/patch-2.6.29-rc3-lttng-0.92/* patches
> > > > > > 	quilt push -a
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yes, exactly.
> > > > 
> > > > Whew!  ;-)
> > > > 
> > > > > And from there you can follow the LTTng manual here :
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://ltt.polymtl.ca/svn/trunk/lttv/LTTngManual.html
> > > > 
> > > > I get some fuzz and the following:
> > > > 
> > > > 	patching file kernel/trace/trace-clock-32-to-64.c
> > > > 	Patch attempted to create file kernel/trace/trace-clock-32-to-64.c,
> > > > 	which already exists.
> > > > 	Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
> > > > 	1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- rejects in file
> > > > 	kernel/trace/trace-clock-32-to-64.c
> > > > 
> > > > Should I be starting from somewhere other than v2.6.29-rc3?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Let's see it step by step, that should get us there.
> > > 
> > > With patches :
> > > 
> > > mkdir ~/lttng
> > > cd ~/lttng
> > > wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.29-rc3.tar.bz2
> > > wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng/patch-2.6.29-rc3-lttng-0.92.tar.bz2
> > > bzip2 -cd linux-2.6.29-rc3.tar.bz2 |tar xvof -
> > > bzip2 -cd patch-2.6.29-rc3-lttng-0.92.tar.bz2  |tar xvof -
> > > cd linux-2.6.29-rc3
> > > mkdir patches
> > > ln -s ../patch-2.6.29-rc3-lttng-0.92 patches
> > > quilt push -a
> > > 
> > > Does this work ?
> > 
> > Leaving out the "mkdir", yes.
> 
> Ah, yes, my mistake.
> 
> > My apologies -- I was forgetting that
> > "git reset --hard" doesn't get rid of untracked files.  I do see fuzz
> > in a few places, but hopefully this is non-fatal.  And in any case, I
> > can now make the patch required to actually try this out.  ;-)
> > 
> 
> Great !
> 
> Don't hesitate to ask if you have any question.
> 
> Mathieu

Fails to build on Power, so trying x86...  (Stock 2.6.29-rc3 does
build and boot, FWIW.)

Looks like misplaced file.

							Thanx, Paul

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  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  UPD     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  UPD     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-powerpc
  HOSTCC  scripts/ihex2fw
  HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
  HOSTCC  scripts/pnmtologo
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/conmakehash
  HOSTCC  scripts/bin2c
  CC      scripts/mod/empty.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/lex.c
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.h
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/keywords.c
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.c
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/parse.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/lex.o
  MKELF   scripts/mod/elfconfig.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/genksyms/genksyms
  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
  CC      kernel/bounds.s
  GEN     include/linux/bounds.h
  CC      arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.s
In file included from include/linux/module.h:18,
                 from include/linux/sysdev.h:25,
                 from include/linux/node.h:22,
                 from include/linux/swap.h:10,
                 from include/linux/suspend.h:7,
                 from arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c:24:
include/linux/immediate.h:15:27: error: asm/immediate.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/linux/module.h:18,
                 from include/linux/sysdev.h:25,
                 from include/linux/node.h:22,
                 from include/linux/swap.h:10,
                 from include/linux/suspend.h:7,
                 from arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c:24:
include/linux/immediate.h:37: warning: ‘struct __imv’ declared
inside parameter list
include/linux/immediate.h:37: warning: its scope is only this definition
or declaration, which is probably not what you want
include/linux/immediate.h:40: warning: ‘struct __imv’ declared
inside parameter list
make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2
02/05/2009-17:57:41 Build the kernel. Failed rc = 2
02/05/2009-17:57:41 build: Building kernel... Failed rc = 1