Re: [PATCH] perf build: Fix LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC

[Ian Rogers]

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 5:31 AM Alexander Gordeev
<agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 11:41:40AM +0100, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> > > The tools/lib includes fixes break LIBTRACEVENT_DYNAMIC as the
> > > makefile erroneously had depdendencies on building libtraceevent even
> > > when not linking with it. This change fixes the issues with
> > > LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC by making the built files optional.
> >
> > It kernel-next on s390 somehow libtraceevent seems to be bypassed, which leads
> > to make -C tools/perf install-bin failure. While it does not hit in every
> > envoronment, could you please hint what could be a reason for that?
>
> And unless I am missing something install-traceevent-plugins target
> is only awailable when LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC is undefined..

Thanks Alexander, I'm guessing you've hit this in your builds as
LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC is defined. I've set out a fix in:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221129192924.1580537-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

Thanks,
Ian