With the following bash and make versions: $ make --version GNU Make 4.2.1 Built for aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu $ bash --version GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu) This error is encountered when running the build-test target: $ make -C tools/perf build-test tests/make:181: *** unterminated call to function 'shell': missing ')'. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:103: build-test] Error 2 Fix it by escaping the # which was causing make to interpret the rest of the line as a comment leaving the unclosed opening bracket. Fixes: 56d5229471ee ("tools build: Pass libbpf feature only if libbpf 1.0+") Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/tests/make | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make index d75876126631..8dd3f8090352 100644 --- a/tools/perf/tests/make +++ b/tools/perf/tests/make @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ run += make_install_prefix_slash # run += make_install_pdf run += make_minimal -old_libbpf := $(shell echo "#include <bpf/libbpf.h>" | $(CC) -E -dM -x c -| egrep -q "define[[:space:]]+LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION[[:space:]]+0{1}") +old_libbpf := $(shell echo '\#include <bpf/libbpf.h>' | $(CC) -E -dM -x c -| egrep -q "define[[:space:]]+LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION[[:space:]]+0{1}") ifneq ($(old_libbpf),) run += make_libbpf_dynamic -- 2.34.1