Re: [PATCH 1/1] tools build: Don't set libunwind as available if test-all.c build succeeds

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 03:55:18PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> The tools/build/feature/test-all.c file tries to detect the expected,
> most common set of libraries/features we expect to have available to
> build perf with.
> 
> At some point libunwind was deemed not to be part of that set of
> libraries, but the patches making it to be opt-in ended up forgetting
> some details, fix one more.
> 
> Testing it:
> 
>   $ rm -rf /tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/ ; mkdir -p /tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/
>   $ rpm -q libunwind-devel
>   libunwind-devel-1.8.0-3.fc40.x86_64
>   $ make -k LIBUNWIND=1 CORESIGHT=1 O=/tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/ -C tools/perf install-bin |& grep unwind && ldd ~/bin/perf | grep unwind
>   ...                               libunwind: [ on  ]
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/tests/dwarf-unwind.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/unwind-libunwind-local.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/unwind-libunwind.o
> 	  libunwind-x86_64.so.8 => /lib64/libunwind-x86_64.so.8 (0x00007f615a549000)
> 	  libunwind.so.8 => /lib64/libunwind.so.8 (0x00007f615a52f000)
>   $ sudo rpm -e libunwind-devel
>   $ rm -rf /tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/ ; mkdir -p /tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/
>   $ make -k LIBUNWIND=1 CORESIGHT=1 O=/tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/ -C tools/perf install-bin |& grep unwind && ldd ~/bin/perf | grep unwind
>   Makefile.config:653: No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR
>   ...                               libunwind: [ OFF ]
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/arch/x86/util/unwind-libdw.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/tests/dwarf-unwind.o
>     CC      /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/unwind-libdw.o
>   $
> 
> Should be in a separate patch, but tired now, so also adding a message
> about the need to use LIBUNWIND=1 in the output when its not available,
> so done here as well.
> 
> So, now when the devel files are not available we get:
> 
>   $ make -k LIBUNWIND=1 CORESIGHT=1 O=/tmp/build/$(basename $PWD)/ -C tools/perf install-bin |& grep unwind && ldd ~/bin/perf | grep unwind
>   Makefile.config:653: No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR and set LIBUNWIND=1 in the make command line as it is opt-in now
>   ...                               libunwind: [ OFF ]
>   $
> 
> Fixes: 13e17c9ff49119aa ("perf build: Make libunwind opt-in rather than opt-out")
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z_AnsW9oJzFbhIFC@x1
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tools/build/Makefile.feature | 1 -
>  tools/perf/Makefile.config   | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
> index 1931b6321314684c..54c8adfb94662c03 100644
> --- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
> +++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
> @@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
>          libtracefs                      \
>          libcpupower                     \
>          libcrypto                       \
> -        libunwind                       \
>          pthread-attr-setaffinity-np     \
>          pthread-barrier     		\
>          reallocarray                    \
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
> index eea95c6c0c71f76e..8ff1d8ade73fc061 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
> +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
> @@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ endif
>  ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND
>    have_libunwind :=
>  
> +  $(call feature_check,libunwind)
> +
>    $(call feature_check,libunwind-x86)
>    ifeq ($(feature-libunwind-x86), 1)
>      $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_X86)
> @@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND
>    endif
>  
>    ifneq ($(feature-libunwind), 1)
> -    $(warning No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR)
> +    $(warning No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR and set LIBUNWIND=1 in the make command line as it is opt-in now)

I think this message is only visible if users already give LIBUNWIND=1.

Thanks,
Namhyung


>      NO_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND := 1
>    else
>      have_libunwind := 1
> -- 
> 2.48.1
>