perf tools: Fix python extension build for gcc 8
The gcc 8 compiler won't compile the python extension code with the following errors (one example): python.c:830:15: error: cast between incompatible function types from \ ‘PyObject * (*)(struct pyrf_evsel *, PyObject *, PyObject *)’ \ uct _object * (*)(struct pyrf_evsel *, struct _object *, struct _object *)’} to \ ‘PyObject * (*)(PyObject *, PyObject *)’ {aka ‘struct _object * (*)(struct _objeuct \ _object *)’} [-Werror=cast-function-type] .ml_meth = (PyCFunction)pyrf_evsel__open, The problem with the PyMethodDef::ml_meth callback is that its type is determined based on the PyMethodDef::ml_flags value, which we set as METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS. That indicates that the callback is expecting an extra PyObject* arg, and is actually PyCFunctionWithKeywords type, but the base PyMethodDef::ml_meth type stays PyCFunction. Previous gccs did not find this, gcc8 now does. Fixing this by silencing this warning for python.c build. Commiter notes: Do not do that for CC=clang, as it breaks the build in some clang versions, like the ones in fedora up to fedora27: fedora:25:error: unknown warning option '-Wno-cast-function-type'; did you mean '-Wno-bad-function-cast'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option] fedora:26:error: unknown warning option '-Wno-cast-function-type'; did you mean '-Wno-bad-function-cast'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option] fedora:27:error: unknown warning option '-Wno-cast-function-type'; did you mean '-Wno-bad-function-cast'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option] # those have: clang version 3.9.1 (tags/RELEASE_391/final) The one in rawhide accepts that: clang version 6.0.0 (tags/RELEASE_600/final) Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180319082902.4518-2-jolsa@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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