To fix the build with newer gccs, that without this patch exit with:
LD /tmp/build/perf/tests/perf-in.o
ld: /tmp/build/perf/tests/bp_account.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c:22: multiple definition of `the_var'; /tmp/build/perf/tests/bp_signal.o:/git/perf/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c:38: first defined here
make[4]: *** [/git/perf/tools/build/Makefile.build:145: /tmp/build/perf/tests/perf-in.o] Error 1
First noticed in fedora:rawhide/32 with:
[perfbuilder@
a5ff49d6e6e4 ~]$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 10.0.1
20200216 (Red Hat 10.0.1-0.8)
Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
#include "../perf-sys.h"
#include "cloexec.h"
-volatile long the_var;
+static volatile long the_var;
static noinline int test_function(void)
{