Currently libtracefs isn't used by perf, but there are potential improvements by using it as identified Steven Rostedt's e-mail: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210610154759.1ef958f0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ This change is modelled on the dynamic libtraceevent patch by Michael Petlan: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20210428092023.4009-1-mpetlan@xxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/build/Makefile.feature | 1 + tools/build/feature/Makefile | 4 ++++ tools/perf/Makefile.config | 9 +++++++++ tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature index 04a8e3db8a54..c87e876b6dd7 100644 --- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature +++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC := \ libslang \ libslang-include-subdir \ libtraceevent \ + libtracefs \ libcrypto \ libunwind \ pthread-attr-setaffinity-np \ diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile index ec203e28407f..9488c4b4026e 100644 --- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile +++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ FILES= \ test-libslang.bin \ test-libslang-include-subdir.bin \ test-libtraceevent.bin \ + test-libtracefs.bin \ test-libcrypto.bin \ test-libunwind.bin \ test-libunwind-debug-frame.bin \ @@ -200,6 +201,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libslang-include-subdir.bin: $(OUTPUT)test-libtraceevent.bin: $(BUILD) -ltraceevent +$(OUTPUT)test-libtracefs.bin: + $(BUILD) -ltracefs + $(OUTPUT)test-libcrypto.bin: $(BUILD) -lcrypto diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config index a62d09808fef..3a8a54b71654 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config @@ -1098,6 +1098,15 @@ ifdef LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC endif endif +ifdef LIBTRACEFS_DYNAMIC + $(call feature_check,libtracefs) + ifeq ($(feature-libtracefs), 1) + EXTLIBS += -ltracefs + else + dummy := $(error Error: No libtracefs devel library found, please install libtracefs-dev); + endif +endif + # Among the variables below, these: # perfexecdir # perf_include_dir diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf index e47f04e5b51e..b56e26b703ff 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf @@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak # # Define LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC to enable libtraceevent dynamic linking # +# Define LIBTRACEFS_DYNAMIC to enable libtracefs dynamic linking +# # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies unexport LC_ALL -- 2.32.0.288.g62a8d224e6-goog