linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] perf tools: Make perf depend on libbpf

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Message-ID: <20150922070340.GH29091@krava.redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:03:40 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
	Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
	Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@...wei.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>, pi3orama@....com,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] perf tools: Make perf depend on libbpf

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 06:23:21PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> 
> By adding libbpf into perf's Makefile, this patch enables perf to build
> libbpf during building if libelf is found and neither NO_LIBELF nor
> NO_LIBBPF is set. The newly introduced code is similar to libapi and
> libtraceevent building in Makefile.perf.
> 
> MANIFEST is also updated for 'make perf-*-src-pkg'.
> 
> Append make_no_libbpf to tools/perf/tests/make.
> 
> 'bpf' feature check is appended into default FEATURE_TESTS and
> FEATURE_DISPLAY, so perf will check API version of bpf in
> /path/to/kernel/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h. Which should not fail except
> when we are trying to port this code to an old kernel.
> 
> Error messages are also updated to notify users about the disable of BPF
> support of 'perf record' if libelf is missed or BPF API check failed.
> 
> tools/lib/bpf is added into TAG_FOLDERS to allow us to navigate on
> libbpf files when working on perf using tools/perf/tags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@...wei.com>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
> Cc: pi3orama@....com
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441523623-152703-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/build/Makefile.feature |  6 ++++--
>  tools/perf/MANIFEST          |  3 +++
>  tools/perf/Makefile.perf     | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  tools/perf/config/Makefile   | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/tests/make        |  4 +++-
>  5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

missing doc hunk in Makefile.perf

jirka


---
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 8af786f458df..bb949c9e818a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ include config/utilities.mak
 # Define NO_LZMA if you do not want to support compressed (xz) kernel modules
 #
 # Define NO_AUXTRACE if you do not want AUX area tracing support
+#
+# Define NO_BPF if you do not want BPF support
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
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