Re: [PATCH] perf build: Raise minimum shellcheck version to 0.7.2

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 02:19:28PM +0100, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> Raise the minimum shellcheck version for perf builds to 0.7.2, so that
> systems with shellcheck versions below 0.7.2 will automatically skip the
> shell script checking, even if NO_SHELLCHECK is unset.
> 
> Since commit 241f21be7d0f ("perf test perftool_testsuite: Use absolute
> paths"), shellcheck versions before 0.7.2 break the perf build with
> several SC1090 [2] warnings due to its too strict dynamic source
> handling [1].

It'd be nice if you could copy the error message here.

> 
> Fixes: 241f21be7d0f ("perf test perftool_testsuite: Use absolute paths")
> Link: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/1998 # [1]
> Link: https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC1090
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>

Other than that,

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung

> ---
> This is an alternative to introducing several shellcheck directives to
> let old shellcheck versions handle the dynamic source statements
> correctly:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260106-perf-add-shellcheck-sc1090-annotation-v2-1-bd52dc47369e@avm.de/
> ---
>  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 b3f481a626afa314632876449a11eb79b2978824..e2d668fb7f439befd6d1d9cbf66765f8b815e3c6 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
> +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ endif
>  # minimal shellcheck version as v0.6.0.
>  ifneq ($(SHELLCHECK),)
>    ifeq ($(shell expr $(shell $(SHELLCHECK) --version | grep version: | \
> -        sed -e 's/.\+ \([0-9]\+\).\([0-9]\+\).\([0-9]\+\)/\1\2\3/g') \< 060), 1)
> +        sed -e 's/.\+ \([0-9]\+\).\([0-9]\+\).\([0-9]\+\)/\1\2\3/g') \< 072), 1)
>      SHELLCHECK :=
>    else
>      SHELLCHECK := $(SHELLCHECK) -s bash -a -S warning
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 9ace4753a5202b02191d54e9fdf7f9e3d02b85eb
> change-id: 20260106-perf-raise-minimum-shellcheck-version-5d684fe90a39
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Nicolas Schier
>