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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:14:30 -0700
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] perf build: Support building with Clang
On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com> wrote:
>
> This series adds support for building perf with Clang, following the
> discussion in [1]. Because the Android NDK uses Clang by default,
> enabling Clang builds naturally covers Android as well.
>
> The series is organized as follows:
>
> - Patches 1–2: Fix two bugs found with Clang.
> - Patches 3–6: Correct CROSS_ARCH and dismiss Clang build warnings.
> - Patches 7–8: Enable Clang in the Makefile and update the
> documentation.
>
> Testing:
>
> - Clang 15.0.7 on Ubuntu 22.04.5: native and cross-compiling (aarch64)
> - Clang 18.1.3 on Ubuntu 24.04.2: native and cross-compiling (aarch64)
> - Android NDK r27d (latest LTS): cross-compiling (aarch64)
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20240715143342.52236-1-leo.yan@arm.com/
>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Dropped the patch for dismissing warning in bpftool.
> - Refined the document. (Ian)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250925-perf_build_android_ndk-v1-0-8b35aadde3dc@arm.com
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Thanks,
Ian
> ---
> Leo Yan (8):
> tools build: Align warning options with perf
> perf python: split Clang options when invoking Popen
> perf: build: Correct CROSS_ARCH for clang
> perf test coresight: Dismiss clang warning for memcpy thread
> perf test coresight: Dismiss clang warning for thread loop
> perf test coresight: Dismiss clang warning for unroll loop thread
> perf build: Support build with clang
> perf docs: Document building with Clang
>
> tools/build/feature/Makefile | 6 +-
> tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt | 15 ++++
> tools/perf/Documentation/android.txt | 80 ++--------------------
> tools/perf/Makefile.config | 32 ++++++++-
> tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 +-
> .../shell/coresight/memcpy_thread/memcpy_thread.c | 2 +
> .../shell/coresight/thread_loop/thread_loop.c | 4 +-
> .../unroll_loop_thread/unroll_loop_thread.c | 4 +-
> tools/perf/util/setup.py | 5 +-
> 9 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: c17dda8013495d8132c976cbf349be9949d0fbd1
> change-id: 20250915-perf_build_android_ndk-500b53bea895
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
>
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