[PATCH v4 3/6] perf: build: Only link libebl.a for old libdw

From: Leo Yan
Date: Mon Jul 15 2024 - 10:30:41 EST


Since libdw version 0.177, elfutils has merged libebl.a into libdw (see
the commit "libebl: Don't install libebl.a, libebl.h and remove backends
from spec." in the elfutils repository).

As a result, libebl.a does not exist on Debian Bullseye and newer
releases, causing static perf builds to fail on these distributions.

This commit checks the libdw version and only links libebl.a if it
detects that the libdw version is older than 0.177.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/build/feature/Makefile | 12 +++++++++++-
tools/perf/Makefile.config | 12 +++++++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index dff65d03d30d..08b2be257639 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -170,7 +170,17 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libopencsd.bin:

DWARFLIBS := -ldw
ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
-DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lebl -lz -llzma -lbz2
+ DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lz -llzma -lbz2
+
+ LIBDW_VERSION := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --modversion libdw)
+ LIBDW_VERSION_1 := $(word 1, $(subst ., ,$(LIBDW_VERSION)))
+ LIBDW_VERSION_2 := $(word 2, $(subst ., ,$(LIBDW_VERSION)))
+
+ # Elfutils merged libebl.a into libdw.a starting from version 0.177,
+ # Link libebl.a only if libdw is older than this version.
+ ifeq ($(shell test $(LIBDW_VERSION_2) -lt 177; echo $$?),0)
+ DWARFLIBS += -lebl
+ endif
endif

$(OUTPUT)test-dwarf.bin:
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 755fb78be76a..db3bc460d4c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -152,7 +152,17 @@ ifdef LIBDW_DIR
endif
DWARFLIBS := -ldw
ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
- DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lebl -ldl -lz -llzma -lbz2
+ DWARFLIBS += -lelf -ldl -lz -llzma -lbz2
+
+ LIBDW_VERSION := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --modversion libdw)
+ LIBDW_VERSION_1 := $(word 1, $(subst ., ,$(LIBDW_VERSION)))
+ LIBDW_VERSION_2 := $(word 2, $(subst ., ,$(LIBDW_VERSION)))
+
+ # Elfutils merged libebl.a into libdw.a starting from version 0.177,
+ # Link libebl.a only if libdw is older than this version.
+ ifeq ($(shell test $(LIBDW_VERSION_2) -lt 177; echo $$?),0)
+ DWARFLIBS += -lebl
+ endif
endif
FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind := $(LIBDW_CFLAGS)
FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind := $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS) $(DWARFLIBS)
--
2.34.1