[tip:perf/core] perf tools: Warn about missing libelf

From: tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
Date: Wed Nov 14 2012 - 01:30:26 EST


Commit-ID: d30ff29562ecbf79e82df72724d0c6180f2e2c06
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d30ff29562ecbf79e82df72724d0c6180f2e2c06
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:06:46 +0900
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:17:48 -0200

perf tools: Warn about missing libelf

When perf detects no libelf during the build, it'll use internal mini
elf parser instead of libelf. But as it only supports minimal
functionalities, it also disables support to 'probe' builtin command.

Currently it didn't warned to user. Fix it.

$ sudo apt-get remove libelf-dev
$ make
CHK -fstack-protector-all
CHK -Wstack-protector
CHK -Wvolatile-register-var
CHK bionic
CHK libelf
CHK glibc
Makefile:491: No libelf found, disables 'probe' tool, please install elfutils-libelf-devel/libelf-dev
CHK libunwind
CHK libaudit

$ make NO_LIBELF=1
CHK -fstack-protector-all
CHK -Wstack-protector
CHK -Wvolatile-register-var
CHK bionic
CHK libaudit

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8ww8zc4hhpxabfskxs3u5ede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ committer note: The package needed is elfutils-libelf-devel, not elfutils-devel ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Makefile | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 7e25f59..b1801e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_LIBELF),$(FLAGS_LIBELF),libelf),y)
LIBC_SUPPORT := 1
endif
ifeq ($(LIBC_SUPPORT),1)
+ msg := $(warning No libelf found, disables 'probe' tool, please install elfutils-libelf-devel/libelf-dev);
+
NO_LIBELF := 1
NO_DWARF := 1
NO_DEMANGLE := 1
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