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PATCH Superseded Roman Gushchin 4 participants 6 messages Dec 22, 2017 – Dec 27, 2017

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PATCH v2 1/2 tools/bpftool: use version from the kernel source tree

Bpftool determines it's own version based on the kernel version, which is picked from the linux/version.h header.

It's strange to use the version of the installed kernel headers, and makes much more sense to use the version of the actual source tree, where bpftool sources are.

Fix this by building kernelversion target and use the resulting string as bpftool version.

Example:
before:

$ bpftool version
bpftool v4.14.6

after:

$ bpftool version
bpftool v4.15.0-rc3

$bpftool version --json
{"version":"4.15.0-rc3"}

Cc Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>
---
 tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile |  3 +++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c   | 13 ++-----------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +3 -0
index 3f17ad317512..f8f31a8d9269 100644
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ endif
 
 LIBBPF = $(BPF_PATH)libbpf.a
 
+BPFTOOL_VERSION=$(shell make --no-print-directory -sC ../../.. kernelversion)
+
 $(LIBBPF): FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a FEATURES_DUMP=$(FEATURE_DUMP_EXPORT)
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ CC = gcc
 CFLAGS += -O2
 CFLAGS += -W -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wshadow
 CFLAGS += -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__ -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi -I$(srctree)/tools/include -I$(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf -I$(srctree)/kernel/bpf/
+CFLAGS += -DBPFTOOL_VERSION='"$(BPFTOOL_VERSION)"'
 LIBS = -lelf -lbfd -lopcodes $(LIBBPF)
 
 INSTALL ?= install
tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c +2 -11
index ecd53ccf1239..3a0396d87c42 100644
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -95,21 +94,13 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
 
 static int do_version(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	unsigned int version[3];
-
-	version[0] = LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 16;
-	version[1] = LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8 & 0xf;
-	version[2] = LINUX_VERSION_CODE & 0xf;
-
 	if (json_output) {
 		jsonw_start_object(json_wtr);
 		jsonw_name(json_wtr, "version");
-		jsonw_printf(json_wtr, "\"%u.%u.%u\"",
-			     version[0], version[1], version[2]);
+		jsonw_printf(json_wtr, "\"%s\"", BPFTOOL_VERSION);
 		jsonw_end_object(json_wtr);
 	} else {
-		printf("%s v%u.%u.%u\n", bin_name,
-		       version[0], version[1], version[2]);
+		printf("%s v%s\n", bin_name, BPFTOOL_VERSION);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
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2.14.3
#1 lore raw

PATCH v2 2/2 tools/bpftool: fix bpftool build with bintutils >= 2.8

Bpftool build is broken with binutils version 2.28 and later. The cause is commit 003ca0fd2286 ("Refactor disassembler selection") in the binutils repo, which changed the disassembler() function signature.

Fix this by adding a new "feature" to the tools/build/features infrastructure and make it responsible for decision which disassembler() function signature to use.

Cc Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>
---
 tools/bpf/Makefile                                | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpf_jit_disasm.c                        |  7 ++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile                        | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c                    |  7 ++++++
 tools/build/feature/Makefile                      |  4 ++++
 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c | 15 ++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c
tools/bpf/Makefile +29 -0
index 07a6697466ef..c8ec0ae16bf0 100644
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ MAKE = make
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O2
 CFLAGS += -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__ -I../../include/uapi -I../../include
 
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
+
+FEATURE_USER = .bpf
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+
+check_feat := 1
+NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS := clean bpftool_clean
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+  check_feat := 0
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(check_feat),1)
+ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+else
+include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(feature-disassembler-four-args), 1)
+CFLAGS += -DDISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+endif
+
 %.yacc.c: %.y
 	$(YACC) -o $@ -d $<
 
tools/bpf/bpf_jit_disasm.c +7 -0
index 75bf526a0168..30044bc4f389 100644
@@ -72,7 +72,14 @@ static void get_asm_insns(uint8_t *image, size_t len, int opcodes)
 
 	disassemble_init_for_target(&info);
 
+#ifdef DISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+	disassemble = disassembler(info.arch,
+				   bfd_big_endian(bfdf),
+				   info.mach,
+				   bfdf);
+#else
 	disassemble = disassembler(bfdf);
+#endif
 	assert(disassemble);
 
 	do {
tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +24 -0
index f8f31a8d9269..2237bc43f71c 100644
@@ -46,6 +46,30 @@ LIBS = -lelf -lbfd -lopcodes $(LIBBPF)
 INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 
+FEATURE_USER = .bpftool
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+
+check_feat := 1
+NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS := clean uninstall doc doc-clean doc-install doc-uninstall
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+  check_feat := 0
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(check_feat),1)
+ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+else
+include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(feature-disassembler-four-args), 1)
+CFLAGS += -DDISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+endif
+
 include $(wildcard *.d)
 
 all: $(OUTPUT)bpftool
tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c +7 -0
index 1551d3918d4c..57d32e8a1391 100644
@@ -107,7 +107,14 @@ void disasm_print_insn(unsigned char *image, ssize_t len, int opcodes)
 
 	disassemble_init_for_target(&info);
 
+#ifdef DISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+	disassemble = disassembler(info.arch,
+				   bfd_big_endian(bfdf),
+				   info.mach,
+				   bfdf);
+#else
 	disassemble = disassembler(bfdf);
+#endif
 	assert(disassemble);
 
 	if (json_output)
tools/build/feature/Makefile +4 -0
index 96982640fbf8..17f2c73fff8b 100644
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-hello.bin                         \
          test-libaudit.bin                      \
          test-libbfd.bin                        \
+         test-disassembler-four-args.bin        \
          test-liberty.bin                       \
          test-liberty-z.bin                     \
          test-cplus-demangle.bin                \
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libpython-version.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libbfd.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -lz -liberty -ldl
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-disassembler-four-args.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lbfd -lopcodes
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-liberty.bin:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $@ test-libbfd.c -DPACKAGE='"perf"' $(LDFLAGS) -lbfd -ldl -liberty
 
tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c new file +15 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45ce65cfddf0
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <bfd.h>
+#include <dis-asm.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	bfd *abfd = bfd_openr(NULL, NULL);
+
+	disassembler(bfd_get_arch(abfd),
+		     bfd_big_endian(abfd),
+		     bfd_get_mach(abfd),
+		     abfd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
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2.14.3
#2 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 2/2] tools/bpftool: fix bpftool build with bintutils >= 2.8

Hi Roman,

2017-12-22 16:11 UTC+0000 ~ Roman Gushchin <[email protected]>

Quoted 1 line

Bpftool build is broken with binutils version 2.28 and later.

Could you check the binutils version? I believe it changed in 2.29 instead of 2.28. Could you update your commit log and subject accordingly, please?

Quoted 28 lines

The cause is commit 003ca0fd2286 ("Refactor disassembler selection") in the binutils repo, which changed the disassembler() function signature.

Fix this by adding a new "feature" to the tools/build/features infrastructure and make it responsible for decision which disassembler() function signature to use.

Cc Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>
---
 tools/bpf/Makefile                                | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpf_jit_disasm.c                        |  7 ++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile                        | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c                    |  7 ++++++
 tools/build/feature/Makefile                      |  4 ++++
 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c | 15 ++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c
tools/bpf/Makefile +0 -0
index 07a6697466ef..c8ec0ae16bf0 100644
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ MAKE = make
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O2

tools/bpf/Makefile MAKE = make · line 19

Quoted 10 lines
tools/bpf/Makefile +8 -0
 CFLAGS += -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__ -I../../include/uapi -I../../include
 
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
+
+FEATURE_USER = .bpf
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args

Thanks for adding libbfd as I requested. However, you do not use it in the Makefile to prevent compilation if the feature is not detected (see "bpfdep" or "elfdep" in tools/lib/bpf/Makefile. Sorry, I should have pointed it in my previous review.

But actually, I have another issue related to the libbfd feature: since commit 280e7c48c3b8 ("perf tools: fix BFD detection on opensuse") it requires libiberty so that libbfd is correctly detected, but libiberty is not needed on all distros (at least Ubuntu can have libbfd without libiberty). Typically, detection fails on my setup, although I do have libbfd installed. So forcing libbfd feature here may eventually force users to install libraries they do not need to compile bpftool, which is not what we want.

I do not have a clean work around to suggest. Maybe have one "libbfd-something" feature that tries to compile without libiberty, then another one that tries with it, and compile the tools if at least one of them succeeds. But it's probably for another patch series. In the meantime, would you please simply remove libbfd detection here and accept my apologies for suggesting to add it in the previous review?

Quoted 48 lines
tools/bpf/Makefile +21 -0
+
+check_feat := 1
+NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS := clean bpftool_clean
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+  check_feat := 0
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(check_feat),1)
+ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+else
+include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(feature-disassembler-four-args), 1)
+CFLAGS += -DDISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+endif
+
 %.yacc.c: %.y
 	$(YACC) -o $@ -d $<
 
tools/bpf/bpf_jit_disasm.c +7 -0
index 75bf526a0168..30044bc4f389 100644
@@ -72,7 +72,14 @@ static void get_asm_insns(uint8_t *image, size_t len, int opcodes)
 
 	disassemble_init_for_target(&info);
 
+#ifdef DISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+	disassemble = disassembler(info.arch,
+				   bfd_big_endian(bfdf),
+				   info.mach,
+				   bfdf);
+#else
 	disassemble = disassembler(bfdf);
+#endif
 	assert(disassemble);
 
 	do {
tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +0 -0
index f8f31a8d9269..2237bc43f71c 100644

tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile LIBS = -lelf -lbfd -lopcodes $(LIBBPF) · line 54

Quoted 9 lines
tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +6 -0
@@ -46,6 +46,30 @@ LIBS = -lelf -lbfd -lopcodes $(LIBBPF)
 INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 
+FEATURE_USER = .bpftool
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+
+check_feat := 1
+NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS := clean uninstall doc doc-clean doc-install doc-uninstall

Nit: exclude "install" as well? I know libbpf does not exclude it, but if the user runs make then make install we do not need to check again the features for binary installation.

Quoted 74 lines
tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +18 -0
+ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+  check_feat := 0
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(check_feat),1)
+ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+else
+include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
+endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(feature-disassembler-four-args), 1)
+CFLAGS += -DDISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+endif
+
 include $(wildcard *.d)
 
 all: $(OUTPUT)bpftool
tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c +7 -0
index 1551d3918d4c..57d32e8a1391 100644
@@ -107,7 +107,14 @@ void disasm_print_insn(unsigned char *image, ssize_t len, int opcodes)
 
 	disassemble_init_for_target(&info);
 
+#ifdef DISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+	disassemble = disassembler(info.arch,
+				   bfd_big_endian(bfdf),
+				   info.mach,
+				   bfdf);
+#else
 	disassemble = disassembler(bfdf);
+#endif
 	assert(disassemble);
 
 	if (json_output)
tools/build/feature/Makefile +4 -0
index 96982640fbf8..17f2c73fff8b 100644
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-hello.bin                         \
          test-libaudit.bin                      \
          test-libbfd.bin                        \
+         test-disassembler-four-args.bin        \
          test-liberty.bin                       \
          test-liberty-z.bin                     \
          test-cplus-demangle.bin                \
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libpython-version.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libbfd.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -lz -liberty -ldl
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-disassembler-four-args.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lbfd -lopcodes
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-liberty.bin:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $@ test-libbfd.c -DPACKAGE='"perf"' $(LDFLAGS) -lbfd -ldl -liberty
 
tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c new file +5 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45ce65cfddf0
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <bfd.h>
+#include <dis-asm.h>
+
+int main(void)

tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c line 15

Quoted 10 lines
tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c new file +10 -0
+{
+	bfd *abfd = bfd_openr(NULL, NULL);
+
+	disassembler(bfd_get_arch(abfd),
+		     bfd_big_endian(abfd),
+		     bfd_get_mach(abfd),
+		     abfd);
+
+	return 0;
+}

The rest of the patch looks fine to me, thanks for addressing all my comments!

Quentin

#3 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 2/2] tools/bpftool: fix bpftool build with bintutils >= 2.8

Quoted 62 lines · Quentin Monnet

Hi Roman,

2017-12-22 16:11 UTC+0000 ~ Roman Gushchin <[email protected]>

Quoted 1 line

Bpftool build is broken with binutils version 2.28 and later.

Could you check the binutils version? I believe it changed in 2.29 instead of 2.28. Could you update your commit log and subject accordingly, please?

Quoted 28 lines

The cause is commit 003ca0fd2286 ("Refactor disassembler selection") in the binutils repo, which changed the disassembler() function signature.

Fix this by adding a new "feature" to the tools/build/features infrastructure and make it responsible for decision which disassembler() function signature to use.

Cc Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>
---
 tools/bpf/Makefile                                | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpf_jit_disasm.c                        |  7 ++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile                        | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c                    |  7 ++++++
 tools/build/feature/Makefile                      |  4 ++++
 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c | 15 ++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c
tools/bpf/Makefile +0 -0
index 07a6697466ef..c8ec0ae16bf0 100644
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ MAKE = make
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O2

tools/bpf/Makefile MAKE = make · line 19

Quoted 10 lines
tools/bpf/Makefile +8 -0
 CFLAGS += -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__ -I../../include/uapi -I../../include
 
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
+
+FEATURE_USER = .bpf
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args

Thanks for adding libbfd as I requested. However, you do not use it in the Makefile to prevent compilation if the feature is not detected (see "bpfdep" or "elfdep" in tools/lib/bpf/Makefile. Sorry, I should have pointed it in my previous review.

But actually, I have another issue related to the libbfd feature: since commit 280e7c48c3b8 ("perf tools: fix BFD detection on opensuse") it requires libiberty so that libbfd is correctly detected, but libiberty is not needed on all distros (at least Ubuntu can have libbfd without libiberty). Typically, detection fails on my setup, although I do have libbfd installed. So forcing libbfd feature here may eventually force users to install libraries they do not need to compile bpftool, which is not what we want.

Quoted 6 lines

I do not have a clean work around to suggest. Maybe have one "libbfd-something" feature that tries to compile without libiberty, then another one that tries with it, and compile the tools if at least one of them succeeds. But it's probably for another patch series. In the meantime, would you please simply remove libbfd detection here and accept my apologies for suggesting to add it in the previous review?

I think since libbfd is already used by bpftool it's a good thing to add feature detection. Even if it's not perfect on some setups.

Roman,
I think you still need to do one more respin to address commit log nit?

#4 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 2/2] tools/bpftool: fix bpftool build with bintutils >= 2.8

Quoted 9 lines · Alexei Starovoitov
Quoted 8 lines · Quentin Monnet

Hi Roman,

2017-12-22 16:11 UTC+0000 ~ Roman Gushchin <[email protected]>

Quoted 1 line

Bpftool build is broken with binutils version 2.28 and later.

Could you check the binutils version? I believe it changed in 2.29 instead of 2.28. Could you update your commit log and subject accordingly, please?

Yes, you're right. Thanks!

Quoted 61 lines
Quoted 54 lines
Quoted 29 lines

The cause is commit 003ca0fd2286 ("Refactor disassembler selection") in the binutils repo, which changed the disassembler() function signature.

Fix this by adding a new "feature" to the tools/build/features infrastructure and make it responsible for decision which disassembler() function signature to use.

Cc Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>
---
 tools/bpf/Makefile                                | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpf_jit_disasm.c                        |  7 ++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile                        | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c                    |  7 ++++++
 tools/build/feature/Makefile                      |  4 ++++
 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c | 15 ++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-disassembler-four-args.c
tools/bpf/Makefile +0 -0
index 07a6697466ef..c8ec0ae16bf0 100644
@@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ MAKE = make
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O2

tools/bpf/Makefile MAKE = make · line 19

Quoted 10 lines
tools/bpf/Makefile +8 -0
 CFLAGS += -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__ -I../../include/uapi -I../../include
 
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
+
+FEATURE_USER = .bpf
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args
+FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args

Thanks for adding libbfd as I requested. However, you do not use it in the Makefile to prevent compilation if the feature is not detected (see "bpfdep" or "elfdep" in tools/lib/bpf/Makefile. Sorry, I should have pointed it in my previous review.

But actually, I have another issue related to the libbfd feature: since commit 280e7c48c3b8 ("perf tools: fix BFD detection on opensuse") it requires libiberty so that libbfd is correctly detected, but libiberty is not needed on all distros (at least Ubuntu can have libbfd without libiberty). Typically, detection fails on my setup, although I do have libbfd installed. So forcing libbfd feature here may eventually force users to install libraries they do not need to compile bpftool, which is not what we want.

Quoted 6 lines

I do not have a clean work around to suggest. Maybe have one "libbfd-something" feature that tries to compile without libiberty, then another one that tries with it, and compile the tools if at least one of them succeeds. But it's probably for another patch series. In the meantime, would you please simply remove libbfd detection here and accept my apologies for suggesting to add it in the previous review?

Quoted 2 lines

I think since libbfd is already used by bpftool it's a good thing to add feature detection. Even if it's not perfect on some setups.

Agree, we can enhance it later.

Quoted 4 lines

Roman,
I think you still need to do one more respin to address commit log nit?

Sure, will send soon-ish.

Thanks!

Reviewed-by on v2 1/2
#5 lore raw
In reply to Roman Gushchin
Quoted 20 lines · Roman Gushchin

Bpftool determines it's own version based on the kernel version, which is picked from the linux/version.h header.

It's strange to use the version of the installed kernel headers, and makes much more sense to use the version of the actual source tree, where bpftool sources are.

Fix this by building kernelversion target and use the resulting string as bpftool version.

Example:
before:

$ bpftool version
bpftool v4.14.6

after:

$ bpftool version
bpftool v4.15.0-rc3
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$bpftool version --json
{"version":"4.15.0-rc3"}

Cc Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Cc Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc Daniel Borkmann <[email protected]>

Thanks Roman!