[PATCH v1 21/23] perf build: Remove NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND option

Ian Rogers
2026-01-17T05:29:59Z

Libdw unwinding support is present for every architecture that has a
perf_regs.h - perf registers are needed for the initial frame to
unwind. Elfutils also supports sparc, arc and m68k but there is no
support in the Linux kernel for perf registers on these
architectures. As the perf supported dwarf unwinding architectures are
a subset of the elfutils ones, remove NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND as there
isn't a case of elfutils lacking the support need for perf.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/Makefile.config | 19 +------------------
tools/perf/tests/make | 3 +--
tools/perf/util/Build | 3 +--
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 6f2c7bd36e74..5e4ae775987f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -118,14 +118,6 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),mips)
endif
endif

-# So far there's only x86 and arm libdw unwind support merged in perf.
-# Disable it on all other architectures in case libdw unwind
-# support is detected in system. Add supported architectures
-# to the check.
-ifneq ($(SRCARCH),$(filter $(SRCARCH),x86 arm arm64 powerpc s390 csky riscv loongarch))
- NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
-endif
-
ifneq ($(LIBUNWIND),1)
NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
endif
@@ -456,7 +448,6 @@ endif
ifdef NO_LIBELF
NO_LIBDW := 1
NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
- NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
NO_LIBBPF := 1
NO_JVMTI := 1
else
@@ -504,10 +495,6 @@ ifeq ($(feature-libaio), 1)
endif
endif

-ifdef NO_LIBDW
- NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
-endif
-
ifeq ($(feature-scandirat), 1)
# Ignore having scandirat with memory sanitizer that lacks an interceptor.
ifeq ($(filter s% -fsanitize=memory%,$(EXTRA_CFLAGS),),)
@@ -757,7 +744,7 @@ dwarf-post-unwind-text := BUG

# setup DWARF post unwinder
ifdef NO_LIBUNWIND
- ifdef NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND
+ ifdef NO_LIBDW
$(warning Disabling post unwind, no support found.)
dwarf-post-unwind := 0
else
@@ -767,10 +754,6 @@ ifdef NO_LIBUNWIND
else
dwarf-post-unwind-text := libunwind
$(call detected,CONFIG_LIBUNWIND)
- # Enable libunwind support by default.
- ifndef NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND
- NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
- endif
endif

ifeq ($(dwarf-post-unwind),1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 36411b4b6d2b..767ad9e147a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ make_no_demangle := NO_DEMANGLE=1
make_no_libelf := NO_LIBELF=1
make_no_libdw := NO_LIBDW=1
make_libunwind := LIBUNWIND=1
-make_no_libdw_dwarf_unwind := NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1
make_no_backtrace := NO_BACKTRACE=1
make_no_libcapstone := NO_CAPSTONE=1
make_no_libnuma := NO_LIBNUMA=1
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ make_static := LDFLAGS=-static NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX3
make_minimal := NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_GTK2=1
make_minimal += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
make_minimal += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1 NO_LIBDW=1
-make_minimal += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_LIBBPF=1
+make_minimal += NO_LIBBPF=1
make_minimal += NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBZSTD=1
make_minimal += NO_LIBCAP=1 NO_CAPSTONE=1

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 3cb1edd263cf..c30ff257f8b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -223,9 +223,8 @@ perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW) += dwarf-regs-arch/
perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW) += debuginfo.o
perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW) += annotate-data.o
perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW) += libdw.o
+perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW) += unwind-libdw.o

-perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
-perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw-arch/
perf-util-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind-local.o
perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind.o
perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_X86) += libunwind/x86_32.o
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog