libbpf 1.0 was a major change in API. Perf has partially supported
older libbpf's but an implementation may be:
..
pr_err("%s: not support, update libbpf\n", __func__);
return -ENOTSUP;
..
Rather than build a binary that would fail at runtime it is
preferrential just to build libbpf statically and link against
that. The static version is in the kernel tools tree and newer than
1.0.
These patches change the libbpf test to only pass when at least
version 1.0 is installed, then remove the conditional build and
feature logic.
The issue is discussed here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230106151320.619514-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx/
Ian Rogers (3):
tools build: Pass libbpf feature only if libbpf 1.0+
perf build: Remove libbpf pre-1.0 feature tests
perf bpf: Remove pre libbpf 1.0 conditional logic
tools/build/feature/Makefile | 7 --
.../feature/test-libbpf-bpf_map_create.c | 8 ---
.../test-libbpf-bpf_object__next_map.c | 8 ---
.../test-libbpf-bpf_object__next_program.c | 8 ---
.../build/feature/test-libbpf-bpf_prog_load.c | 9 ---
.../test-libbpf-bpf_program__set_insns.c | 8 ---
.../test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.c | 8 ---
.../build/feature/test-libbpf-btf__raw_data.c | 8 ---
tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c | 4 ++
tools/perf/Makefile.config | 37 +----------
tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 66 -------------------
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 18 -----
tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c | 18 -----
13 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-bpf_map_create.c
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-bpf_object__next_map.c
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-bpf_object__next_program.c
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-bpf_prog_load.c
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-bpf_program__set_insns.c
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.c
delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-btf__raw_data.c
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