[PATCH] perf tools: Add an option to build without libbfd

From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Add an option to build without libbfd
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:57:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210910225756.729087-1-irogers@google.com> (raw)

Some distributions, like debian, don't link perf with libbfd. Add a
build flag to make this configuration buildable and testable.
This was inspired by:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20210910102307.2055484-1-tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com/T/#u

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/Makefile.config | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index b66cf128cbc7..446180401e26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -827,33 +827,36 @@ else
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(feature-libbfd), 1)
-  EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lopcodes
-else
-  # we are on a system that requires -liberty and (maybe) -lz
-  # to link against -lbfd; test each case individually here
-
-  # call all detections now so we get correct
-  # status in VF output
-  $(call feature_check,libbfd-liberty)
-  $(call feature_check,libbfd-liberty-z)
 
-  ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-liberty), 1)
-    EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lopcodes -liberty
-    FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-four-args += -liberty -ldl
+ifndef NO_LIBBFD
+  ifeq ($(feature-libbfd), 1)
+    EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lopcodes
   else
-    ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-liberty-z), 1)
-      EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lopcodes -liberty -lz
-      FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-four-args += -liberty -lz -ldl
+    # we are on a system that requires -liberty and (maybe) -lz
+    # to link against -lbfd; test each case individually here
+
+    # call all detections now so we get correct
+    # status in VF output
+    $(call feature_check,libbfd-liberty)
+    $(call feature_check,libbfd-liberty-z)
+
+    ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-liberty), 1)
+      EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lopcodes -liberty
+      FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-four-args += -liberty -ldl
+    else
+      ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-liberty-z), 1)
+        EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lopcodes -liberty -lz
+        FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-disassembler-four-args += -liberty -lz -ldl
+      endif
     endif
+    $(call feature_check,disassembler-four-args)
   endif
-  $(call feature_check,disassembler-four-args)
-endif
 
-ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-buildid), 1)
-  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBFD_BUILDID_SUPPORT
-else
-  msg := $(warning Old version of libbfd/binutils things like PE executable profiling will not be available);
+  ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-buildid), 1)
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBFD_BUILDID_SUPPORT
+  else
+    msg := $(warning Old version of libbfd/binutils things like PE executable profiling will not be available);
+  endif
 endif
 
 ifdef NO_DEMANGLE
-- 
2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog

