From 63d76c6f2f04c836af24098e26f2befe1e8e4cc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Heylen Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:07:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] linux: automatically set CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS when perf is enabled Perf profiling cannot be used if CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS is not enabled in the kernel configuration. Similar to other tools, like ktap, we can enable the right options automatically. Signed-off-by: Jan Heylen Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- linux/linux.mk | 2 ++ package/linux-tools/Config.in | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk index 6b5f5344ed..7f4c916671 100644 --- a/linux/linux.mk +++ b/linux/linux.mk @@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ define LINUX_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS,$(@D)/.config) $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS,$(@D)/.config) $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER,$(@D)/.config)) + $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_PERF), + $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS,$(@D)/.config)) $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD), $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_CGROUPS,$(@D)/.config) $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER,$(@D)/.config) diff --git a/package/linux-tools/Config.in b/package/linux-tools/Config.in index 2527c90257..349dc6bf0d 100644 --- a/package/linux-tools/Config.in +++ b/package/linux-tools/Config.in @@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_PERF code), single CPU or severals threads. This will build and install the userspace 'perf' - command. It is up to the user to ensure that the kernel - configuration has all the suitable options enabled to allow a - proper operation of 'perf'. + command. + + Your kernel must have CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS enabled to use perf + profiling. Buildroot automatically enables this in the kernel + configuration. https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/