kernel/linux.git/tools/lib/perf/Makefile, branch v6.1.168

libperf build: Always place libperf includes first

2026-03-04T12:20:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit 8c5b40678c63be6b85f1c2dc8c8b89d632faf988 ] When building tools/perf the CFLAGS can contain a directory for the installed headers. As the headers may be being installed while building libperf.a this can cause headers to be partially installed and found in the include path while building an object file for libperf.a. The installed header may reference other installed headers that are missing given the partial nature of the install and then the build fails with a missing header file. Avoid this by ensuring the libperf source headers are always first in the CFLAGS. Fixes: 3143504918105156 ("libperf: Make libperf.a part of the perf build") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

libperf: Don't remove -g when EXTRA_CFLAGS are used

2026-03-04T12:20:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit f5b07010c13c77541e8ade167d05bef3b8a63739 ] When using EXTRA_CFLAGS, for example "EXTRA_CFLAGS=-DREFCNT_CHECKING=1", this construct stops setting -g which you'd expect would not be affected by adding extra flags. Additionally, EXTRA_CFLAGS should be the last thing to be appended so that it can be used to undo any defaults. And no condition is required, just += appends to any existing CFLAGS and also appends or doesn't append EXTRA_CFLAGS if they are or aren't set. It's not clear why DEBUG=1 is required for -g in Perf when in libperf it's always on, but I don't think we need to change that behavior now because someone may be depending on it. Signed-off-by: James Clark Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250319114009.417865-1-james.clark@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Stable-dep-of: 8c5b40678c63 ("libperf build: Always place libperf includes first") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

kbuild: replace $(if A,A,B) with $(or A,B)

2022-02-15T03:25:56+00:00

$(or ...) is available since GNU Make 3.81, and useful to shorten the code in some places. Covert as follows: $(if A,A,B) --> $(or A,B) This patch also converts: $(if A, A, B) --> $(or A, B) Strictly speaking, the latter is not an equivalent conversion because GNU Make keeps spaces after commas; if A is not empty, $(if A, A, B) expands to " A", while $(or A, B) expands to "A". Anyway, preceding spaces are not significant in the code hunks I touched. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier

libperf: Change tests to single static and shared binaries

2021-07-07T14:41:58+00:00

Make tests to be two binaries 'tests_static' and 'tests_shared', so the maintenance is easier. Adding tests under libperf build system, so we define all the flags just once. Adding make-tests tule to just compile tests without running them. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Michael Petlan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Shunsuke Nakamura Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210706151704.73662-2-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

libperf: Add man pages

2020-01-06T14:46:09+00:00

Change the man page generation to asciidoc, because it's easier to use and has been more commonly used in related projects. Remove the current rst pages. Add 3 man pages to have a base for more additions: libperf.3 - overall description libperf-counting.7 - counting basics explained on simple example libperf-sampling.7 - sampling basics explained on simple example The plan is to add more man pages to cover the basic API. The build generates html and man pages: $ cd tools/lib/perf/Documentation $ make ASCIIDOC libperf.xml XMLTO libperf.3 ASCIIDOC libperf-counting.xml XMLTO libperf-counting.7 ASCIIDOC libperf-sampling.xml XMLTO libperf-sampling.7 ASCIIDOC libperf.html ASCIIDOC libperf-counting.html ASCIIDOC libperf-sampling.html Add the following install targets: install-man - man pages install-html - html version of man pages install-examples - examples mentioned in the man pages Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Michael Petlan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191206210612.8676-3-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

libperf: Move to tools/lib/perf

2020-01-06T14:46:09+00:00

Move libperf from its current location under tools/perf to a separate directory under tools/lib/. Also change various paths (mainly includes) to reflect the libperf move to a separate directory and add a new directory under MANIFEST. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Michael Petlan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191206210612.8676-2-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo