[PATCH] tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool

[PATCH] tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool

[Tomas Glozar]

The feature test for system bpftool uses BPFTOOL as the variable to set
its path, defaulting to just "bpftool" if not set by the user.

This conflicts with selftests and a few other utilities, which expect
BPFTOOL to be set to the in-tree bpftool path by default. For example,
bpftool selftests fail to build:

$ make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
make: Entering directory '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'

make: *** No rule to make target 'bpftool', needed by '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/vmlinux.h'.  Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'

Fix the problem by renaming the variable used for system bpftool from
BPFTOOL to SYSTEM_BPFTOOL, so that the new usage does not conflict with
the existing one of BPFTOOL.

Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/5df6968a-2e5f-468e-b457-fc201535dd4c@linux.ibm.com/
Suggested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
Fixes: 8a635c3856dd ("tools/build: Add bpftool-skeletons feature test")
Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
---
 tools/build/feature/Makefile   | 2 +-
 tools/scripts/Makefile.include | 2 +-
 tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 4f9c1d950f5d..b8b5fb183dd4 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libpfm4.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lpfm
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-bpftool-skeletons.bin:
-	$(BPFTOOL) version | grep '^features:.*skeletons' \
+	$(SYSTEM_BPFTOOL) version | grep '^features:.*skeletons' \
 		> $(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
 ###############################
 
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index 6268534309aa..5158250988ce 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 LLVM_STRIP	?= llvm-strip
 
 # Some tools require bpftool
-BPFTOOL		?= bpftool
+SYSTEM_BPFTOOL	?= bpftool
 
 ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
 EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wstrict-aliasing=3
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index 4cc3017dccaa..746ccf2f5808 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ src/timerlat.bpf.o: src/timerlat.bpf.c
 	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) -g -O2 -target bpf -c $(filter %.c,$^) -o $@
 
 src/timerlat.skel.h: src/timerlat.bpf.o
-	$(QUIET_GENSKEL)$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@
+	$(QUIET_GENSKEL)$(SYSTEM_BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@
 else
 src/timerlat.skel.h:
 	$(Q)echo '/* BPF skeleton is disabled */' > src/timerlat.skel.h
-- 
2.48.1

Re: [PATCH] tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool

[Quentin Monnet]

2025-03-26 01:40 UTC+0100 ~ Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
> The feature test for system bpftool uses BPFTOOL as the variable to set
> its path, defaulting to just "bpftool" if not set by the user.
> 
> This conflicts with selftests and a few other utilities, which expect
> BPFTOOL to be set to the in-tree bpftool path by default. For example,
> bpftool selftests fail to build:
> 
> $ make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
> make: Entering directory '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'
> 
> make: *** No rule to make target 'bpftool', needed by '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/vmlinux.h'.  Stop.
> make: Leaving directory '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'
> 
> Fix the problem by renaming the variable used for system bpftool from
> BPFTOOL to SYSTEM_BPFTOOL, so that the new usage does not conflict with
> the existing one of BPFTOOL.
> 
> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/5df6968a-2e5f-468e-b457-fc201535dd4c@linux.ibm.com/
> Suggested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>


Let's use <qmo@kernel.org> if possible, please.


> Fixes: 8a635c3856dd ("tools/build: Add bpftool-skeletons feature test")
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>

Looks good, thanks a lot!

Acked-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH] tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:59:12 +0000
Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org> wrote:

> > Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/5df6968a-2e5f-468e-b457-fc201535dd4c@linux.ibm.com/
> > Suggested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>  
> 
> 
> Let's use <qmo@kernel.org> if possible, please.

Updated.

> 
> 
> > Fixes: 8a635c3856dd ("tools/build: Add bpftool-skeletons feature test")
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>  
> 
> Looks good, thanks a lot!
> 
> Acked-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>

I added this to my queue.

Thanks everyone.

-- Steve

Re: [PATCH] tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool

[Venkat Rao Bagalkote]

On 26/03/25 6:10 am, Tomas Glozar wrote:
> The feature test for system bpftool uses BPFTOOL as the variable to set
> its path, defaulting to just "bpftool" if not set by the user.
>
> This conflicts with selftests and a few other utilities, which expect
> BPFTOOL to be set to the in-tree bpftool path by default. For example,
> bpftool selftests fail to build:
>
> $ make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
> make: Entering directory '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'
>
> make: *** No rule to make target 'bpftool', needed by '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/vmlinux.h'.  Stop.
> make: Leaving directory '/home/tglozar/dev/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf'
>
> Fix the problem by renaming the variable used for system bpftool from
> BPFTOOL to SYSTEM_BPFTOOL, so that the new usage does not conflict with
> the existing one of BPFTOOL.
>
> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/5df6968a-2e5f-468e-b457-fc201535dd4c@linux.ibm.com/
> Suggested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
> Fixes: 8a635c3856dd ("tools/build: Add bpftool-skeletons feature test")
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
> ---
>   tools/build/feature/Makefile   | 2 +-
>   tools/scripts/Makefile.include | 2 +-
>   tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile    | 2 +-
>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
> index 4f9c1d950f5d..b8b5fb183dd4 100644
> --- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
> @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libpfm4.bin:
>   	$(BUILD) -lpfm
>   
>   $(OUTPUT)test-bpftool-skeletons.bin:
> -	$(BPFTOOL) version | grep '^features:.*skeletons' \
> +	$(SYSTEM_BPFTOOL) version | grep '^features:.*skeletons' \
>   		> $(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
>   ###############################
>   
> diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
> index 6268534309aa..5158250988ce 100644
> --- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
> +++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
>   LLVM_STRIP	?= llvm-strip
>   
>   # Some tools require bpftool
> -BPFTOOL		?= bpftool
> +SYSTEM_BPFTOOL	?= bpftool
>   
>   ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
>   EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wstrict-aliasing=3
> diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
> index 4cc3017dccaa..746ccf2f5808 100644
> --- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ src/timerlat.bpf.o: src/timerlat.bpf.c
>   	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) -g -O2 -target bpf -c $(filter %.c,$^) -o $@
>   
>   src/timerlat.skel.h: src/timerlat.bpf.o
> -	$(QUIET_GENSKEL)$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@
> +	$(QUIET_GENSKEL)$(SYSTEM_BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< > $@
>   else
>   src/timerlat.skel.h:
>   	$(Q)echo '/* BPF skeleton is disabled */' > src/timerlat.skel.h

Tested this patch by applying on linux-next20250326 and this patch fixes 
the reported issue.

Please add below tag.

Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>


Regards,

Venkat.

Re: [PATCH] tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:40:18 +0100 you wrote:
> The feature test for system bpftool uses BPFTOOL as the variable to set
> its path, defaulting to just "bpftool" if not set by the user.
> 
> This conflicts with selftests and a few other utilities, which expect
> BPFTOOL to be set to the in-tree bpftool path by default. For example,
> bpftool selftests fail to build:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - tools/build: Use SYSTEM_BPFTOOL for system bpftool
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/814d051ebed4

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