linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf build: Fix LIBTRACEEVENT

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:31:30 +0100
From:   Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf build: Fix LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 11:41:40AM +0100, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> > The tools/lib includes fixes break LIBTRACEVENT_DYNAMIC as the
> > makefile erroneously had depdendencies on building libtraceevent even
> > when not linking with it. This change fixes the issues with
> > LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC by making the built files optional.
> 
> It kernel-next on s390 somehow libtraceevent seems to be bypassed, which leads 
> to make -C tools/perf install-bin failure. While it does not hit in every
> envoronment, could you please hint what could be a reason for that?

And unless I am missing something install-traceevent-plugins target
is only awailable when LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC is undefined..