[PATCH v3 0/8] Refactor perf python module build

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Thu Jun 13 2024 - 19:32:05 EST


Refactor the perf python module build to instead of building C files
it links libraries. To support this make static libraries for tests,
ui, util and pmu-events. Doing this allows fewer functions to be
stubbed out, importantly parse_events is no longer stubbed out which
will improve the ability to work with heterogeneous cores.

By not building .c files for the python module and for the build of
perf, this should also help build times.

Patch 1 adds '*.a' cleanup to the clean target.

Patches 2 to 6 add static libraries for existing parts of the perf
build.

Patch 7 adds the python build using libraries rather than C source
files.

Patch 8 cleans up the python dependencies and removes the no longer
needed python-ext-sources.

v3: Add missed xtensa directory for the util build. Remove adding the
arch directory to perf-y as it creates an empty object file that
breaks with GCC and LTO.
v2: Add '*.a' cleanup to clean target. Add reviewed-by James Clark.

Ian Rogers (8):
perf build: Add '*.a' to clean targets
perf ui: Make ui its own library
perf pmu-events: Make pmu-events a library
perf test: Make tests its own library
perf bench: Make bench its own library
perf util: Make util its own library
perf python: Switch module to linking libraries from building source
perf python: Clean up build dependencies

tools/perf/Build | 14 +-
tools/perf/Makefile.config | 5 +
tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 83 +++-
tools/perf/arch/Build | 5 +-
tools/perf/arch/arm/Build | 4 +-
tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build | 8 +-
tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build | 10 +-
tools/perf/arch/arm64/Build | 4 +-
tools/perf/arch/arm64/tests/Build | 8 +-
tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build | 20 +-
tools/perf/arch/csky/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/csky/util/Build | 6 +-
tools/perf/arch/loongarch/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/loongarch/util/Build | 8 +-
tools/perf/arch/mips/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/mips/util/Build | 6 +-
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Build | 4 +-
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/tests/Build | 6 +-
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build | 24 +-
tools/perf/arch/riscv/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/riscv/util/Build | 8 +-
tools/perf/arch/s390/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build | 16 +-
tools/perf/arch/sh/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/sh/util/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/sparc/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/arch/x86/Build | 6 +-
tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build | 20 +-
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build | 42 +-
tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/bench/Build | 46 +-
tools/perf/scripts/Build | 4 +-
tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Build | 2 +-
.../perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/tests/Build | 140 +++----
tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build | 12 +-
tools/perf/ui/Build | 18 +-
tools/perf/ui/browsers/Build | 14 +-
tools/perf/ui/tui/Build | 8 +-
tools/perf/util/Build | 394 +++++++++---------
tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/hisi-ptt-decoder/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/Build | 18 +-
tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources | 53 ---
tools/perf/util/python.c | 271 +++++-------
tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/Build | 4 +-
tools/perf/util/setup.py | 33 +-
50 files changed, 625 insertions(+), 729 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources

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