Compile error: unknown type name 'CONTROLTRACE_ID' on Windows + VS2022 Clang (works on v0.13.0)

[xuxmin]

I encountered a compilation error when building the latest version of Tracy on Windows with Visual Studio 2022 + Clang toolchain.
The error message is:

[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client\windows/TracyETW.cpp(25,5): error: unknown type name 'CONTROLTRACE_ID'
[build]    25 |     CONTROLTRACE_ID handle = 0;
[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client\windows/TracyETW.cpp(517,8): error: unknown type name 'PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE'
[build]   517 | static PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE SetupEventConsumer( const Session& session, PEVENT_RECORD_CALLBACK callback )
[build]       |        ^
[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client\windows/TracyETW.cpp(527,5): error: unknown type name 'PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE'
[build]   527 |     PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE hConsumer = OpenTraceA( &trace );
[build]       |     ^
[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client\windows/TracyETW.cpp(534,33): error: unknown type name 'PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE'
[build]   534 | static ULONG StopEventConsumer( PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE hEventConsumer )
[build]       |                                 ^
[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client\windows/TracyETW.cpp(542,33): error: unknown type name 'PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE'
[build]   542 | static ULONG EventConsumerLoop( PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE hEventConsumer )
[build]       |                                 ^
[build] In file included from D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\TracyClient.cpp:27:
[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client/TracySysTrace.cpp(181,8): error: unknown type name 'PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE'
[build]   181 | static PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE consumer_kernel = INVALID_PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE;
[build]       |        ^
[build] D:\Project\Code\RenderEngine\engine\3rdparty\tracy\public\client/TracySysTrace.cpp(182,8): error: unknown type name 'PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE'
[build]   182 | static PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE consumer_vsync = INVALID_PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE;

The tag version v0.13.0 compiles successfully in the exact same environment.

[Lectem]

What version of the windows SDK are you using?
It's as of you were using a very old one (or corrupted one?) since evntrace.h should contain all the types mentionned in your errors (CONTROLTRACE_ID and PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE).

Please check what evntrace.h file is included?

[Lectem]

It seems that for old versions of the Windows SDK, the header defining this was ntwmi.h (which should be included via evntrace.h I think?).

Could you try including it just in case?

[xuxmin]

Sorry, I have lost the original development environment. I tried compiling it on my new computer and it worked fine. I guess the issue is exactly what you mentioned—it’s related to the SDK.

[Kaltxi]

I have this compilation issue as well, the evntrace.h is included. Are there any updates?

[Lectem]

What windows sdk are you targeting?

[Kaltxi]

So I've looked at my version of evntrace.h (from SDK 10.0.22621), and it indeed lacks these types, instead they are:

CONTROLTRACE_ID     -> TRACEHANDLE
PROCESSTRACE_HANDLE -> TRACEHANDLE

So I just patched TracyETW.cpp and TracySysTrace.cpp. But it's probably best to handle the API changes more graciously.

Also, specifically integrating tracy into and old UE4 I had to fix some printf errors due to using %u and %x insread of %lu and %lx for ULONG.

[wolfpld]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/windows-sdk/

[Kaltxi]

Ah, so 22621 is considered out of support?

[wolfpld]

Yes, by Microsoft.