diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 07f596d29e9a..2e7fa3a06806 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -256,7 +256,13 @@ else
 	QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null 2>&1"
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell sh -c "echo 'int foo(void) {char X[2]; return 3;}' | $(CC) -x c -c -Werror -fstack-protector-all - -o /dev/null "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+BITBUCKET = "/dev/null"
+
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <stdio.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { return puts(\"hi\"); }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $(BITBUCKET) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+	BITBUCKET = .perf.dev.null
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(shell sh -c "echo 'int foo(void) {char X[2]; return 3;}' | $(CC) -x c -c -Werror -fstack-protector-all - -o $(BITBUCKET) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
   CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fstack-protector-all
 endif
 
@@ -484,19 +490,19 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <gnu/libc-version.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { const char * version = gnu_get_libc_version(); return (long)version; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+ifeq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <gnu/libc-version.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { const char * version = gnu_get_libc_version(); return (long)version; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 	msg := $(error No gnu/libc-version.h found, please install glibc-dev[el]/glibc-static);
 endif
 
-	ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+	ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DLIBELF_NO_MMAP
 	endif
 else
 	msg := $(error No libelf.h/libelf found, please install libelf-dev/elfutils-libelf-devel and glibc-dev[el]);
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#ifndef _MIPS_SZLONG'; echo '\#define _MIPS_SZLONG 0'; echo '\#endif'; echo '\#include <dwarf.h>'; echo '\#include <libdwarf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Error err; Dwarf_Ranges *rng; dwarf_init(0, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &dbg, &err); dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, 0, &rng, 0, 0, &err); return (long)dbg; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/libdwarf -ldwarf -lelf -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#ifndef _MIPS_SZLONG'; echo '\#define _MIPS_SZLONG 0'; echo '\#endif'; echo '\#include <dwarf.h>'; echo '\#include <libdwarf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Error err; Dwarf_Ranges *rng; dwarf_init(0, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &dbg, &err); dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, 0, &rng, 0, 0, &err); return (long)dbg; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/libdwarf -ldwarf -lelf -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 	msg := $(warning No libdwarf.h found or old libdwarf.h found, disables dwarf support. Please install libdwarf-dev/libdwarf-devel >= 20081231);
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBDWARF
 else
@@ -510,7 +516,7 @@ PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS = `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts 2>/dev/null`
 PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS = `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts 2>/dev/null`
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <EXTERN.h>'; echo '\#include <perl.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { perl_alloc(); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) -o /dev/null $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <EXTERN.h>'; echo '\#include <perl.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { perl_alloc(); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) -o $(BITBUCKET) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
 else
 	ALL_LDFLAGS += $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
@@ -520,20 +526,20 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_DEMANGLE
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_DEMANGLE
 else
-	has_bfd := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
+	has_bfd := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 
 	ifeq ($(has_bfd),y)
 		EXTLIBS += -lbfd
 	else
-		has_bfd_iberty := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
+		has_bfd_iberty := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 		ifeq ($(has_bfd_iberty),y)
 			EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty
 		else
-			has_bfd_iberty_z := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty -lz "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
+			has_bfd_iberty_z := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty -lz "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 			ifeq ($(has_bfd_iberty_z),y)
 				EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty -lz
 			else
-				has_cplus_demangle := $(shell sh -c "(echo 'extern char *cplus_demangle(const char *, int);'; echo 'int main(void) { cplus_demangle(0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -liberty "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
+				has_cplus_demangle := $(shell sh -c "(echo 'extern char *cplus_demangle(const char *, int);'; echo 'int main(void) { cplus_demangle(0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $(BITBUCKET) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -liberty "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 				ifeq ($(has_cplus_demangle),y)
 					EXTLIBS += -liberty
 					BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE
@@ -781,7 +787,7 @@ export TAR INSTALL DESTDIR SHELL_PATH
 
 SHELL = $(SHELL_PATH)
 
-all:: shell_compatibility_test $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) PERF-BUILD-OPTIONS
+all:: .perf.dev.null shell_compatibility_test $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) PERF-BUILD-OPTIONS
 ifneq (,$X)
 	$(foreach p,$(patsubst %$X,%,$(filter %$X,$(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) perf$X)), test '$p' -ef '$p$X' || $(RM) '$p';)
 endif
@@ -1108,6 +1114,11 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE TAGS tags cscope .FORCE-PERF-CFLAGS
 .PHONY: .FORCE-PERF-BUILD-OPTIONS
 
+.perf.dev.null:
+		touch .perf.dev.null
+
+.INTERMEDIATE:	.perf.dev.null
+
 ### Make sure built-ins do not have dups and listed in perf.c
 #
 check-builtins::