LIBBPF requires LIBELF so doing "make BUILD_BPF_SKEL=1 NO_LIBELF=1" fails with compiler errors about missing declarations. Similar could happen if libbpf feature detection fails. Prefer to error when BUILD_BPF_SKEL is enabled but LIBBPF isn't. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/Makefile.config | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config index d9b699ad402c..bedb734bd6f2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config @@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ ifdef BUILD_BPF_SKEL ifeq ($(feature-clang-bpf-co-re), 0) dummy := $(error Error: clang too old/not installed. Please install recent clang to build with BUILD_BPF_SKEL) endif + ifeq ($(filter -DHAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT, $(CFLAGS)),) + dummy := $(error Error: BPF skeleton support requires libbpf) + endif $(call detected,CONFIG_PERF_BPF_SKEL) CFLAGS += -DHAVE_BPF_SKEL endif -- 2.36.1.124.g0e6072fb45-goog