From: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 16:21:30 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: perf build: Support build with clang
X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4772e66cb45e0dd2c3c9ac649532756c523afd1e;p=users%2Fhch%2Fmisc.git

perf build: Support build with clang

Add support for building perf with clang. For cross compilation, the
Makefile dynamically selects target flag for corresponding arch.

This patch has been verified on x86_64 machine with Ubuntu distro, it
can build successfully for native target, and for cross building Arm64
and s390.

Example: native build on x86_64 / Ubuntu machine:

  $ HOSTCC=clang CC=clang CXX=clang++ make -C tools/perf

Example: cross building s390 target on x86_64 / Ubuntu machine:

  # Install x390x cross toolchain and headers
  $ sudo apt-get install gcc-s390x-linux-gnu g++-s390x-linux-gnu \
         libc6-dev-s390x-cross linux-libc-dev-s390x-cross

  # Build with clang
  $ HOSTCC=clang CC=clang CXX=clang++ \
    ARCH=s390 CROSS_COMPILE=s390x-linux-gnu- \
    make -C tools/perf NO_LIBELF=1 NO_LIBTRACEEVENT=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251006-perf_build_android_ndk-v3-8-4305590795b2@arm.com
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 0f09f30f1906..5700516aa84a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -23,8 +23,39 @@ HOSTCFLAGS := $(filter-out -Wnested-externs,$(EXTRA_WARNINGS))
 # borrowed from kernel headers depends on it, e.g. put_unaligned_*().
 CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing
 
-# Enabled Wthread-safety analysis for clang builds.
+# Set target flag and options when using clang as compiler.
 ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm	:= arm-linux-gnueabi
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm64	:= aarch64-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_m68k	:= m68k-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_mips	:= mipsel-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_powerpc	:= powerpc64le-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_riscv	:= riscv64-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_s390	:= s390x-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_x86	:= x86_64-linux-gnu
+  CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_x86_64	:= x86_64-linux-gnu
+
+  # Default to host architecture if ARCH is not explicitly given.
+  ifeq ($(ARCH), $(HOSTARCH))
+    CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS := $(shell $(CLANG) -print-target-triple)
+  else
+    CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS := $(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_$(ARCH))
+  endif
+
+  ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+    ifeq ($(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS),)
+      $(error Specify CROSS_COMPILE or add CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS for $(ARCH))
+    else
+      CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS)
+    endif # CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS
+  else
+    CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+  endif # CROSS_COMPILE
+
+  CC := $(CLANG) $(CLANG_FLAGS) -fintegrated-as
+  CXX := $(CXX) $(CLANG_FLAGS) -fintegrated-as
+
+  # Enabled Wthread-safety analysis for clang builds.
   CFLAGS += -Wthread-safety
 endif