"BPF API too old" with linux-tools 4.12.9

[Jose R R]

Any help would appreciated as linux-headers common are not built in
reiser4 custom kernel build:

make[7]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/build/kernel/build/linux/tools/build'
/usr/bin/make FIXDEP=1 -f Makefile.perf
make[7]: Entering directory '/usr/src/build/kernel/build/linux/tools/perf'

Auto-detecting system features:
...                         dwarf: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...            dwarf_getlocations: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                         glibc: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                          gtk2: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                      libaudit: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                        libbfd: [ ^[[31mOFF^[[m ]
...                        libelf: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                       libnuma: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...        numa_num_possible_cpus: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                       libperl: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                     libpython: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                      libslang: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                     libcrypto: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                     libunwind: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...            libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                          zlib: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                          lzma: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                     get_cpuid: [ ^[[32mon^[[m  ]
...                           bpf: [ ^[[31mOFF^[[m ]

Makefile.config:456: BPF API too old. Please install recent kernel
headers. BPF support in 'perf record' is disabled.


Best Professional Regards.