[PATCH 2/2] perf bpf: Check libbpf version to use btf_dump_type_data_opts.emit_strings
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Sep 19 2025 - 17:07:14 EST
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
When building perf with LIBBPF_DINAMIC=1 on a fedora system with
libbpf-devel 1.5 I it was breaking with:
util/bpf-event.c: In function ‘format_btf_variable’:
util/bpf-event.c:291:18: error: ‘const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts’ has no member named ‘emit_strings’
291 | .emit_strings = 1,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
util/bpf-event.c:291:33: error: initialized field overwritten [-Werror=override-init]
291 | .emit_strings = 1,
| ^
util/bpf-event.c:291:33: note: (near initialization for ‘opts.skip_names’)
Check the version before using that feature.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
index 2298cd396c4235e2..59f84aef91b4a2ec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ static void format_btf_variable(struct btf *btf, char *buf, size_t buf_size,
.sz = sizeof(struct btf_dump_type_data_opts),
.skip_names = 1,
.compact = 1,
+#if LIBBPF_CURRENT_VERSION_GEQ(1, 7)
.emit_strings = 1,
+#endif
};
struct btf_dump *d;
size_t btf_size;
--
2.51.0