Bug 1665024

Summary: bcc doesn't work when ARCH env is set
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan>
Component: bccAssignee: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Ziqian SUN (Zamir) <zsun>
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Version: 8.0CC: ctrautma, jmarchan, jolsa, rdossant, skozina, zsun
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 8.1   
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Last Closed: 2019-11-05 20:42:19 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Jerome Marchand 2019-01-10 10:06:30 UTC 
Description of problem:
When ARCH is set to x86_64, bcc tools fail to compile.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. set ARCH to x86_64
2. run any bcc tool

Actual results:

$ /usr/share/bcc/tools/bashreadline
    In file included from <built-in>:2:
    In file included from /virtual/include/bcc/bpf.h:12:
    In file included from /lib/modules/4.18.0-49.el8.x86_64/build/include/linux/types.h:6:
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-49.el8.x86_64/build/include/uapi/linux/types.h:5:10: fatal error: 'asm/types.h' file
          not found
             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
    1 error generated.
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/share/bcc/tools/bashreadline", line 51, in <module>
        b = BPF(text=bpf_text)
      File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bcc/__init__.py", line 318, in __init__
        raise Exception("Failed to compile BPF text")
    Exception: Failed to compile BPF text


Expected results:

# /usr/share/bcc/tools/bashreadline 
TIME      PID    COMMAND
11:04:41  14019  ls

Additional info:
Other arches are affected too.
Fix in commit 28949f17e080 ("Translate arch into source directory when ARCH is set (#2122)")
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 20:42:19 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3327