[PATCH stable 6.1 v2 5/5] perf build: Remove -Wno-unused-but-set-variable from the flex flags when building with clang < 13.0.0
From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 12:40:40 EST
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
clang < 13.0.0 doesn't grok -Wno-unused-but-set-variable, so just remove
it to avoid:
error: unknown warning option '-Wno-unused-but-set-variable'; did you mean '-Wno-unused-const-variable'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option]
make[4]: *** [/git/perf-6.5.0-rc4/tools/build/Makefile.build:128: /tmp/build/perf/util/pmu-flex.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Fixes: ddc8e4c966923ad1 ("perf build: Disable fewer bison warnings")
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZNUSWr52jUnVaaa%2F@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Change-Id: I8db8a372d1e83d26fbe8beda2bcf4d1a871a2b80
---
tools/perf/util/Build | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 036f9780b398..43f74f5b96f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/utilities.mak
+
perf-y += arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.o
perf-y += annotate.o
perf-y += block-info.o
@@ -265,15 +268,22 @@ ifeq ($(FLEX_GE_26),1)
else
flex_flags := -w
endif
-CFLAGS_parse-events-flex.o += $(flex_flags)
-CFLAGS_pmu-flex.o += $(flex_flags)
-CFLAGS_expr-flex.o += $(flex_flags)
# Some newer clang and gcc version complain about this
# util/parse-events-bison.c:1317:9: error: variable 'parse_events_nerrs' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
# int yynerrs = 0;
bison_flags := -DYYENABLE_NLS=0 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable
+
+# Old clangs don't grok -Wno-unused-but-set-variable, remove it
+ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
+ CLANG_VERSION := $(shell $(CLANG) --version | head -1 | sed 's/.*clang version \([[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+\).*/\1/g')
+ ifeq ($(call version-lt3,$(CLANG_VERSION),13.0.0),1)
+ bison_flags := $(subst -Wno-unused-but-set-variable,,$(bison_flags))
+ flex_flags := $(subst -Wno-unused-but-set-variable,,$(flex_flags))
+ endif
+endif
+
BISON_GE_382 := $(shell expr $(shell $(BISON) --version | grep bison | sed -e 's/.\+ \([0-9]\+\).\([0-9]\+\).\([0-9]\+\)/\1\2\3/g') \>\= 382)
ifeq ($(BISON_GE_382),1)
bison_flags += -Wno-switch-enum
@@ -286,6 +296,10 @@ ifeq ($(BISON_LT_381),1)
bison_flags += -DYYNOMEM=YYABORT
endif
+CFLAGS_parse-events-flex.o += $(flex_flags)
+CFLAGS_pmu-flex.o += $(flex_flags)
+CFLAGS_expr-flex.o += $(flex_flags)
+
CFLAGS_parse-events-bison.o += $(bison_flags)
CFLAGS_pmu-bison.o += -DYYLTYPE_IS_TRIVIAL=0 $(bison_flags)
CFLAGS_expr-bison.o += -DYYLTYPE_IS_TRIVIAL=0 $(bison_flags)
--
2.34.1