Re: [PATCH v2] tools: perf: fix linker error when libelf config is disabled

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Wed Jan 04 2017 - 12:21:13 EST


On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 04:18:10PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
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> On 04/01/17 16:08, Sudeep Holla wrote:
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> > On 04/01/17 16:06, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 03:56:03PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >>> When libelf is disabled in the configuration, we get the following
> >>> linker error:
> >>> LINK libperf-jvmti.so
> >>> ld: cannot find -lelf
> >>> Makefile.perf:515: recipe for target 'libperf-jvmti.so' failed
> >>>
> >>> Jiri pointed out that both librt and libelf are not really required. So
> >>> this patch fixes the linker error by getting rid of unwanted libraries
> >>> in the linker stage.
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: d4dfdf00d43e ("perf jvmti: Plug compilation into perf build")
> >>
> >> hum, AFAICS it linked -lelf and -lrt even before right? ;-)
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> > Yes, sorry I forgot to remove that and trace it back the actual commit.
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> Having looked at it again, it looks new additions in the above commit.
> It may be a copied from somewhere else but I can't trace it back :(.
> I need your help if you want to get rid of that ;)

I think it's this one:
209045adc2bb perf tools: add JVMTI agent library

jirka