[PATCH v3 2/2] perf test make: Add BPF skeleton build tests for clang and bpf-gcc

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 16:48:42 EST


Add make_bpf_skel_clang (CLANG=clang BPF_GCC=) and make_bpf_skel_bpf_gcc
(BPF_GCC=bpf-gcc CLANG=) targets to tools/perf/tests/make when the
corresponding compiler and BPF skeleton dependencies are available on
the host.

Include tools/build/Makefile.feature and tools/scripts/utilities.mak in
tools/perf/tests/make to reuse the existing feature checks
(libelf, zlib, bpf, libopenssl, clang-bpf-co-re, libbfd-threadsafe, and
llvm-perf) instead of open-coding compiler invocations.

Verify with 'perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons' that BPF skeleton
support is enabled for both targets and disabled (exit code 1) for
make_no_bpf_skel.

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/make | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 7524de522802..a40390ed47f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
endif

include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.arch
+include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/utilities.mak

# FIXME looks like x86 is the only arch running tests ;-)
# we need some IS_(32/64) flag to make this generic
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ endif

has = $(shell which $1 2>/dev/null)
python_perf_so := $(shell $(MAKE) python_perf_target|grep "Target is:"|awk '{print $$3}')
+BPF_GCC ?= bpf-gcc

# standard single make variable specified
make_clean_all := clean all
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ make_extra_tests := EXTRA_TESTS=1
make_no_jevents := NO_JEVENTS=1
make_jevents_all := JEVENTS_ARCH=all
make_no_bpf_skel := BUILD_BPF_SKEL=0
+make_bpf_skel_clang := CLANG=$(CLANG) BPF_GCC=
+make_bpf_skel_bpf_gcc := BPF_GCC=$(BPF_GCC) CLANG=
make_gen_vmlinux_h := GEN_VMLINUX_H=1
make_no_python_module := NO_PYTHON_MODULE=1
make_no_scripts := NO_PYTHON_MODULE=1
@@ -127,21 +131,49 @@ make_minimal += NO_LIBBPF=1
make_minimal += NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBZSTD=1
make_minimal += NO_CAPSTONE=1

+override FEATURE_OUTPUT := $(shell mktemp -d)
+ifeq ($(FEATURE_OUTPUT),)
+$(error Failed to create temporary directory for feature checks)
+endif
+saved_OUTPUT := $(OUTPUT)
+override OUTPUT := $(FEATURE_OUTPUT)/
+FEATURE_DISPLAY_DEFERRED := 1
+FEATURE_TESTS := libelf zlib bpf libopenssl
+FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-bpf = -I. -I$(srctree)/tools/include -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+
# binutils 2_42 and newer have bfd_thread_init()
-new_libbfd := $(shell echo '#include <bfd.h>' | $(CC) -E -x c - | grep bfd_thread_init)
+$(call feature_check,libbfd-threadsafe)

# Whether libLLVM can be built, which needs the llvm-devel/llvm-dev headers and
-# libraries of version 13 or newer, not just llvm-config. This mirrors the
-# llvm-perf feature test in tools/build/feature/test-llvm-perf.cpp so that
-# libLLVM is only asserted below when the default compiler can really build it.
+# libraries of version 13 or newer, not just llvm-config.
ifneq ($(call has,$(LLVM_CONFIG)),)
-have_libllvm := $(shell printf '#include <llvm/Support/ManagedStatic.h>\n#include <llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h>\n#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR < 13\n#error "llvm-devel/llvm-dev version 13 or greater is required"\n#endif\nint main(){llvm::errs()<<"";llvm::llvm_shutdown();return 0;}\n' | \
- $(CXX) -x c++ -std=gnu++17 -I$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --includedir 2>/dev/null) - -o /dev/null \
- -L$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir 2>/dev/null) \
- $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libs Core BPF 2>/dev/null) \
- $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --system-libs 2>/dev/null) >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo y)
+ $(call feature_check,llvm-perf)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(feature-libelf)$(feature-zlib)$(feature-bpf)$(feature-libopenssl),1111)
+ ifneq ($(call get-executable,$(CLANG)),)
+ CLANG_VERSION := $(shell $(CLANG) --version | head -1 | sed 's/.*clang version \([[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+\).*/\1/g')
+ ifneq ($(call version-lt3,$(CLANG_VERSION),12.0.1),1)
+ $(call feature_check,clang-bpf-co-re)
+ ifeq ($(feature-clang-bpf-co-re),1)
+ have_clang_bpf := 1
+ endif
+ endif
+ endif
+ ifneq ($(call get-executable,$(BPF_GCC)),)
+ BPF_GCC_VERSION := $(shell $(BPF_GCC) -dumpfullversion 2>/dev/null)
+ ifneq ($(BPF_GCC_VERSION),)
+ ifneq ($(call version-lt3,$(BPF_GCC_VERSION),14.0.0),1)
+ have_bpf_gcc := 1
+ endif
+ endif
+ endif
endif

+$(shell rm -rf -- "$(FEATURE_OUTPUT)")
+override OUTPUT := $(saved_OUTPUT)
+
# $(run) contains all available tests
run := make_pure
# Targets 'clean all' can be run together only through top level
@@ -155,7 +187,7 @@ MAKE_F := $(MAKE) -f $(MK)
endif
run += make_python_perf_so
run += make_debug
-ifneq ($(new_libbfd),)
+ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-threadsafe),1)
run += make_nondistro
# Demangling with libbfd is only built when the C++ ABI's __cxa_demangle
# isn't available, so it needs a build of its own to be compiled at all.
@@ -165,7 +197,7 @@ endif
# a C compiler and a C++ compiler that don't match.
ifneq ($(call has,clang),)
run += make_clang
-ifneq ($(new_libbfd),)
+ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-threadsafe),1)
run += make_clang_nondistro
endif
endif
@@ -173,6 +205,12 @@ run += make_extra_tests
run += make_no_jevents
run += make_jevents_all
run += make_no_bpf_skel
+ifeq ($(have_clang_bpf),1)
+run += make_bpf_skel_clang
+endif
+ifeq ($(have_bpf_gcc),1)
+run += make_bpf_skel_bpf_gcc
+endif
run += make_gen_vmlinux_h
run += make_no_python_module
run += make_no_scripts
@@ -306,13 +344,20 @@ test_make_libbpf_dynamic_O := ldd $$TMP_O/perf | grep -q libbpf
# doesn't fail the build, it just quietly turns off everything that needs a
# C++ compiler. Check a feature that does, otherwise these tests would pass
# while producing a perf with less in it than the default build has.
-ifneq ($(have_libllvm),)
+ifeq ($(feature-llvm-perf),1)
test_make_clang := test -x $(PERF_O)/perf && $(PERF_O)/perf check -q feature libLLVM
test_make_clang_O := test -x $$TMP_O/perf && $$TMP_O/perf check -q feature libLLVM
test_make_clang_nondistro := $(test_make_clang)
test_make_clang_nondistro_O := $(test_make_clang_O)
endif

+test_make_no_bpf_skel := test -x $(PERF_O)/perf && ($(PERF_O)/perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons; test $$? -eq 1)
+test_make_no_bpf_skel_O := test -x $$TMP_O/perf && ($$TMP_O/perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons; test $$? -eq 1)
+test_make_bpf_skel_clang := test -x $(PERF_O)/perf && $(PERF_O)/perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons
+test_make_bpf_skel_clang_O := test -x $$TMP_O/perf && $$TMP_O/perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons
+test_make_bpf_skel_bpf_gcc := test -x $(PERF_O)/perf && $(PERF_O)/perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons
+test_make_bpf_skel_bpf_gcc_O := test -x $$TMP_O/perf && $$TMP_O/perf check -q feature bpf_skeletons
+
test_make_python_perf_so_O := test -f $$TMP_O/python/perf.so
test_make_perf_o_O := test -f $$TMP_O/perf.o
test_make_util_map_o_O := test -f $$TMP_O/util/map.o
@@ -445,7 +490,7 @@ $(FEATURES_DUMP_FILE_STATIC):
# The clang tests exist to run feature detection with a compiler other than
# the default one, so they have to do their own and are left out of both the
# dependency and the 'FEATURES_DUMP=' append below.
-no_features_dump := make_clang make_clang_nondistro
+no_features_dump := make_clang make_clang_nondistro make_bpf_skel_clang make_bpf_skel_bpf_gcc
no_features_dump += $(addsuffix _O,$(no_features_dump))

# Add feature dump dependency for run/run_O targets
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog