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From: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix perf object dir symbolic link
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:58:55 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z8Ixn3J2hw8TLdRj@ghost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250228-b4-fix_perf_symbolic_link-v1-1-3ad734838929@rivosinc.com>

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 01:48:32PM -0800, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> The -n flag is needed as an argument to ln to avoid recursively setting
> the symbolic link when OUTPUT is the same as $(srctree)/tools/perf.
> 
> Without this flag, the perf binary at $(srctree)/tools/perf/perf will
> become overwritten with a symbolic link to the parent directory.
> 
> Additionally, remove the forward slash after $(OUTPUT) since $(OUTPUT)
> implicitly includes a forward slash.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
> Fixes: 890a1961c812 ("perf tools: Create source symlink in perf object dir")

I should have double checked that this patch didn't exist already, I see
there is another thread here:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z5aiWiqJbkNaVG2Y@google.com/T/

- Charlie

> ---
>  tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
> index 55d6ce9ea52fb2a57b8632cc6d0ddc501e29cbfc..0b6f9de6f222da1181402aa33e41ec3b05f9189e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
> +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
>  VPATH += $(OUTPUT)
>  export VPATH
>  # create symlink to the original source
> -SOURCE := $(shell ln -sf $(srctree)/tools/perf $(OUTPUT)/source)
> +SOURCE := $(shell ln -sfn $(srctree)/tools/perf $(OUTPUT)source)
>  endif
>  
>  # Beautify output
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 0ad2507d5d93f39619fc42372c347d6006b64319
> change-id: 20250228-b4-fix_perf_symbolic_link-8cc373a195ac
> -- 
> - Charlie
> 

      reply	other threads:[~2025-02-28 21:59 UTC|newest]

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2025-02-28 21:48 [PATCH] perf tools: Fix perf object dir symbolic link Charlie Jenkins
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