This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf build: Update build rule for generated files
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-build-update-build-rule-for-generated-files.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9a4c5c0bd91c0c480ac89fc0800ec6057b4ba509
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jul 27 19:24:46 2023 -0700
perf build: Update build rule for generated files
[ Upstream commit 7822a8913f4c51c7d1aff793b525d60c3384fb5b ]
The bison and flex generate C files from the source (.y and .l)
files. When O= option is used, they are saved in a separate directory
but the default build rule assumes the .C files are in the source
directory. So it might read invalid file if there are generated files
from an old version. The same is true for the pmu-events files.
For example, the following command would cause a build failure:
$ git checkout v6.3
$ make -C tools/perf # build in the same directory
$ git checkout v6.5-rc2
$ mkdir build # create a build directory
$ make -C tools/perf O=build # build in a different directory but it
# refers files in the source directory
Let's update the build rule to specify those cases explicitly to depend
on the files in the output directory.
Note that it's not a complete fix and it needs the next patch for the
include path too.
Fixes: 80eeb67fe577aa76 ("perf jevents: Program to convert JSON file")
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anup Sharma <anupnewsmail@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230728022447.1323563-1-namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.build b/tools/build/Makefile.build
index cd72016c3cfa7..5a727094ae832 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.build
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.build
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ $(OUTPUT)%.s: %.c FORCE
$(call rule_mkdir)
$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
+# bison and flex files are generated in the OUTPUT directory
+# so it needs a separate rule to depend on them properly
+$(OUTPUT)%-bison.o: $(OUTPUT)%-bison.c FORCE
+ $(call rule_mkdir)
+ $(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c)
+
+$(OUTPUT)%-flex.o: $(OUTPUT)%-flex.c FORCE
+ $(call rule_mkdir)
+ $(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c)
+
# Gather build data:
# obj-y - list of build objects
# subdir-y - list of directories to nest
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
index 5ec5ce8c31bab..ea8c41f9c7398 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c: $(JSON) $(JSON_TEST) $(JEVENTS_PY)
$(call rule_mkdir)
$(Q)$(call echo-cmd,gen)$(PYTHON) $(JEVENTS_PY) $(SRCARCH) pmu-events/arch $@
endif
+
+# pmu-events.c file is generated in the OUTPUT directory so it needs a
+# separate rule to depend on it properly
+$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.o: $(PMU_EVENTS_C)
+ $(call rule_mkdir)
+ $(call if_changed_dep,cc_o_c)
