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From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 18/18] perf build: Convert llvm-config shell queries to simply expanded variables
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 10:46:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512174638.120445-19-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260512174638.120445-1-irogers@google.com>

In Makefile.config, CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, LIBLLVM, and EXTLIBS were assigned using
recursive expansion or appended with raw $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) ...) calls.
Because these variables were expanded during dependency evaluation across
every single object file compilation rule, Kbuild continuously re-executed
llvm-config forks nearly 200 times during incremental builds.

Convert llvm-config shell queries to simply expanded variables (:=) to ensure
Make evaluates LLVM compiler flags and library paths exactly once when
Makefile.config is parsed, eliminating ~185 redundant sub-processes during
build startup.

Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/Makefile.config | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index fbe7fa83b0bb..7a61da082c0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -951,11 +951,14 @@ ifndef NO_LIBLLVM
   $(call feature_check,llvm-perf)
   ifeq ($(feature-llvm-perf), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT
-    CFLAGS += $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --cflags)
-    CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT
-    CXXFLAGS += $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --cxxflags)
-    LIBLLVM = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libs all) $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --system-libs)
-    EXTLIBS += -L$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir) $(LIBLLVM)
+    LLVM_CFLAGS := $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+    LLVM_CXXFLAGS := $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --cxxflags 2>/dev/null)
+    LLVM_LIBLLVM := $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libs all 2>/dev/null) $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --system-libs 2>/dev/null)
+    LLVM_LIBDIR := $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir 2>/dev/null)
+    CFLAGS += $(LLVM_CFLAGS)
+    CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT $(LLVM_CXXFLAGS)
+    LIBLLVM := $(LLVM_LIBLLVM)
+    EXTLIBS += -L$(LLVM_LIBDIR) $(LIBLLVM)
     EXTLIBS += -lstdc++
     $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBLLVM)
   else
-- 
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-12 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-12  5:35 [PATCH v1 00/14] perf build: Reduce build time by one third Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 01/14] bpftool build: Restrict feature tests during bootstrap compilation Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 02/14] perf trace beauty: Make beauty generated C code standalone .o files Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 03/14] perf build: Decouple pmu-events from prepare umbrella target Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 04/14] perf build: Remove empty archheaders target Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 05/14] perf build: Move BPF skeleton generation out of Makefile.perf Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 06/14] perf build: Encapsulate vmlinux.h and bpftool in bpf_skel.mak Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 07/14] perf build: Move static libbpf dependency out of prepare step Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 08/14] perf build: Pre-generate BPF skeletons during umbrella prepare phase Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 09/14] perf build: Move libsymbol dependency out of prepare step Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 10/14] perf build: Remove redundant libbpf feature check for static builds Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 11/14] tools build: Integrate libdebuginfod into test-all fast path Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 12/14] perf pmu-events: Split big_c_string storage into standalone compilation unit Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 13/14] perf pmu-events: Parallelize JSON and metric pre-computation in jevents.py Ian Rogers
2026-05-12  5:35 ` [PATCH v1 14/14] perf build: Prefix SCRIPTS with output directory to fix continuous rebuilds Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46   ` [PATCH v2 00/18] perf build: Reduce build time by nearly half Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 01/18] bpftool build: Restrict feature tests during bootstrap compilation Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 02/18] tools build: Integrate libdebuginfod into test-all fast path Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 03/18] tools build: Fix test-clang-bpf-co-re.bin to generate target file Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 04/18] tools scripts: Short-circuit CC_NO_CLANG compiler probe in Makefile.include Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 05/18] perf trace beauty: Make beauty generated C code standalone .o files Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 06/18] perf build: Decouple pmu-events from prepare umbrella target Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 07/18] perf build: Remove empty archheaders target Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 08/18] perf build: Move BPF skeleton generation out of Makefile.perf Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 09/18] perf build: Encapsulate vmlinux.h and bpftool in bpf_skel.mak Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 10/18] perf build: Move static libbpf dependency out of prepare step Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 11/18] perf build: Pre-generate BPF skeleton tooling during umbrella prepare phase Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 12/18] perf build: Move libsymbol dependency out of prepare step Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 13/18] perf build: Remove redundant libbpf feature check for static builds Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 14/18] perf pmu-events: Split big_c_string storage into standalone compilation unit Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 15/18] perf pmu-events: Parallelize JSON and metric pre-computation in jevents.py Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 16/18] perf build: Prefix SCRIPTS with output directory to fix continuous rebuilds Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` [PATCH v2 17/18] perf pmu-events: Convert recursive shell assignments and macros to Make built-ins Ian Rogers
2026-05-12 17:46     ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-05-12  9:36 ` [PATCH v1 00/14] perf build: Reduce build time by one third James Clark

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