[PATCH 6/6] tools/build: selftests: Remove some duplicate toolchain definitions
From: James Clark
Date: Thu May 14 2026 - 05:39:11 EST
Try to remove some, but not all duplicate toolchain definitions. In
these instances, their makefiles already include
tools/scripts/Makefile.include which defines these in a consistent way.
STRIP is the only one that was set with an '=', but I don't think it
was significant so that difference can be dropped.
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile | 3 ---
tools/lib/api/Makefile | 4 ----
tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile | 4 ----
tools/lib/symbol/Makefile | 4 ----
tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 6 ------
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 1 -
6 files changed, 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
index 7672208f65e4..6fdb6302e0a2 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ HOST_OVERRIDES := AR="$(HOSTAR)" CC="$(HOSTCC)" LD="$(HOSTLD)" ARCH="$(HOSTARCH)
CROSS_COMPILE="" CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS="" EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(HOSTCFLAGS)"
RM ?= rm
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-HOSTLD ?= ld
-HOSTAR ?= ar
HOSTPKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
CROSS_COMPILE =
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/Makefile b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
index 8665c799e0fa..a228fdb5adba 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
endif
-CC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-AR ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
-LD ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-
MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
INSTALL = install
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
index 8703ab487b68..9f1ddcf0504d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
endif
-CC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-LD ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-AR ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
-
RM = rm -f
MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
diff --git a/tools/lib/symbol/Makefile b/tools/lib/symbol/Makefile
index 426b845edfac..d692abe8add6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/symbol/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/symbol/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
endif
-CC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-AR ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
-LD ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-
MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
INSTALL = install
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 63276bf55856..948abfd2ee8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -174,11 +174,6 @@ endef
LD += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-HOSTLD ?= ld
-HOSTAR ?= ar
-CLANG ?= clang
-
# Some distros provide the command $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config for
# searching packges installed with Multiarch. Use it for cross
# compilation if it is existed.
@@ -213,7 +208,6 @@ FIND = find
INSTALL = install
FLEX ?= flex
BISON ?= bison
-STRIP = strip
AWK = awk
# include Makefile.config by default and rule out
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 44ba829e5d4d..b3e356c34479 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ include ../../../build/Build.include
include ../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
-CXX ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
OBJCOPY ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
CURDIR := $(abspath .)
--
2.34.1