Re: [PATCH] [Backport for 4.14] perf script python: Remove explicit shebang from tests/attr.c

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 19/12/2022 à 13:18, Greg KH a écrit :
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 12:38:12PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> From: Tony Jones <tonyj@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> [Upstream commit d72eadbc1d2866fc047edd4535ffb0298fe240be]
>>
>> tests/attr.c invokes attr.py via an explicit invocation of Python
>> ($PYTHON) so there is therefore no need for an explicit shebang.
>>
>> Also most distros follow pep-0394 which recommends that /usr/bin/python
>> refer only to v2 and so may not exist on the system (if PYTHON=python3).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tony Jones <tonyj@xxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Seeteena Thoufeek <s1seetee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190124005229.16146-5-tonyj@xxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   tools/perf/tests/attr.py | 1 -
>>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Why only 4.14?  What about 4.19?
> 


I submitted that backport because I encountered the problem while 
building perf for 4.14.

I didn't look at other kernel versions.

Christophe