The PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES constant is not available on all Linux distros libvirt targets, so its use must be made conditional. Other constant have existed long enough that we can assume they exist, as we don't support very old distros like RHEL-5 any more. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/util/virperf.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/util/virperf.c b/src/util/virperf.c index 49ec258..f64692b 100644 --- a/src/util/virperf.c +++ b/src/util/virperf.c @@ -104,8 +104,14 @@ static struct virPerfEventAttr attrs[] = { .attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, .attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND}, {.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_REF_CPU_CYCLES, +# ifdef PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES .attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, - .attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES}, + .attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES +# else + .attrType = 0, + .attrConfig = 0, +# endif + }, }; typedef struct virPerfEventAttr *virPerfEventAttrPtr; -- 2.9.3