Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] bpftool: Fix the static linkage failure

From: Leo Yan
Date: Wed Dec 11 2024 - 15:26:49 EST


On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 10:18:10AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 09:31:11AM +0000, Leo Yan wrote:
> > This series follows up on the discussion in [1] for fixing the static
> > linkage issue in bpftool.
> >
> > Patch 01 introduces a new feature for libelf-zstd. If this feature
> > is detected, it means the zstd lib is required by libelf.
> >
> > Patch 02 is a minor improvement for linking the zstd lib in the perf.
> >
> > Patch 03 fixes the static build failure by linking the zstd lib when
> > the feature-libelf-zstd is detected.
>
> So, this was originally reported as a perf build failure when trying a
> static build, so something not so common, no urgency, I guess, but it
> involves a tools/perf/bpftool/Makefile change, I think I can process
> this as I'll then test it in the many build containers for old distros I
> have, ok?

As Quentin said in another reply, there is a delta change between the
Linux perf tree and bpf-next tree. So this series has a conflict on
bpf-next tree but it can be applied cleanly on perf tree.

Before I respin to update the commit logs based on comments, I need BPF
maintainers agreement with Arnaldo on proceeding on which source tree
to proceed with.

Thanks,
Leo