linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] tools build: Fix llvm feature detection, still used by bpftool

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Message-ID: <ZTGzHzhZwJv0+xBH@surya>
Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:52:15 -0700
From:   Manu Bretelle <chantr4@...il.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@....com>,
        Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>, Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
        Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>,
        Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tools build: Fix llvm feature detection, still used
 by bpftool

On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 06:17:37PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> When removing the BPF event for perf a feature test that checks if the
> llvm devel files are availabe was removed but that is also used by
> bpftool.
> 
> bpftool uses it to decide what kind of disassembly it will use: llvm or
> binutils based.
> 
> Removing the tools/build/feature/test-llvm.cpp file made bpftool to
> always fallback to binutils disassembly, even with the llvm devel files
> installed, fix it by restoring just that small test-llvm.cpp test file.
> 
> Fixes: 56b11a2126bf2f42 ("perf bpf: Remove support for embedding clang for compiling BPF events (-e foo.c)")
> Reported-by: Manu Bretelle <chantr4@...il.com>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> Cc: Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@....com>
> Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
> Cc: Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>
> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
> Cc: llvm@...ts.linux.dev
> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Cc: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
> Cc: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> Cc: Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>
> Cc: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>
> Cc: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
> Cc: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZTGa0Ukt7QyxWcVy@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/build/feature/test-llvm.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-llvm.cpp
> 
> diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-llvm.cpp b/tools/build/feature/test-llvm.cpp
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000..88a3d1bdd9f6978e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/build/feature/test-llvm.cpp
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#include "llvm/Support/ManagedStatic.h"
> +#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
> +#define NUM_VERSION (((LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR) << 16) + (LLVM_VERSION_MINOR << 8) + LLVM_VERSION_PATCH)
> +
> +#if NUM_VERSION < 0x030900
> +# error "LLVM version too low"
> +#endif
> +int main()
> +{
> +	llvm::errs() << "Hello World!\n";
> +	llvm::llvm_shutdown();
> +	return 0;
> +}

Thanks for the quick turnaround!