Re: [acme:tmp.perf-tools-next] [perf build] a980755beb: perf-sanity-tests.perf.make.fail

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Wed Mar 29 2023 - 12:55:08 EST


On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:17 PM Oliver Sang <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> hi Ian,
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 09:03:28AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 7:20 AM kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Greeting,
> > >
> > > FYI, we noticed perf-sanity-tests.perf.make.fail due to commit (built with gcc-11):
> > >
> > > commit: a980755beb5aca9002e1c95ba519b83a44242b5b ("perf build: Make BUILD_BPF_SKEL default, rename to NO_BPF_SKEL")
> > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git tmp.perf-tools-next
> > >
> > > in testcase: perf-sanity-tests
> > > version: perf-x86_64-e8d018dd0257-1_20230320
> > > with following parameters:
> > >
> > > perf_compiler: clang
> > >
> > > [ 98.290078][ T246] make perf failed
> >
> > Hi Oliver,
> >
> > Could we add NO_BPF_SKEL=1 to the build flags? The idea with changing
> > the default is that is what most users want and so we want the BPF
> > skeleton to be opt-out rather than opt-in.
>
> Thanks a lot for guidance!
>
> I added NO_BPF_SKEL=1 then make perf can pass upon this commit.
> I also tried to add BUILD_BPF_SKEL=1 while make perf for parent, it will fail.
>
> since you said in commit message
> "BPF skeleton support is now key to a number of perf features."
> we will start to fix make issue.
>
> Thanks!

This is great Oliver, many thanks!
Ian

> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
> >
> > >
> > > To reproduce:
> > >
> > > git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git
> > > cd lkp-tests
> > > sudo bin/lkp install job.yaml # job file is attached in this email
> > > bin/lkp split-job --compatible job.yaml # generate the yaml file for lkp run
> > > sudo bin/lkp run generated-yaml-file
> > >
> > > # if come across any failure that blocks the test,
> > > # please remove ~/.lkp and /lkp dir to run from a clean state.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests
> > >
> > >
> >