[PATCH v1] perf build: Don't leave a.out file when building with clang

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Mon Oct 06 2025 - 18:21:23 EST


Testing clang features doesn't specify a "-o" option so an a.out file
is created and left in the make directory (not the output). Fix this
by specifying a "-o" of "/dev/null". Reorganize the code a little to
help with readability.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/setup.py | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index dd289d15acfd..6caf2126b1cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -22,8 +22,16 @@ assert srctree, "Environment variable srctree, for the Linux sources, not set"
src_feature_tests = f'{srctree}/tools/build/feature'

def clang_has_option(option):
- cc_output = Popen([cc, cc_options + option, path.join(src_feature_tests, "test-hello.c") ], stderr=PIPE).stderr.readlines()
- return [o for o in cc_output if ((b"unknown argument" in o) or (b"is not supported" in o) or (b"unknown warning option" in o))] == [ ]
+ error_substrings = (
+ b"unknown argument",
+ b"is not supported",
+ b"unknown warning option"
+ )
+ clang_command = [cc, cc_options + option,
+ "-o", "/dev/null",
+ path.join(src_feature_tests, "test-hello.c") ]
+ cc_output = Popen(clang_command, stderr=PIPE).stderr.readlines()
+ return not any(any(error in line for error in error_substrings) for line in cc_output)

if cc_is_clang:
from sysconfig import get_config_vars
--
2.51.0.618.g983fd99d29-goog