Re: [PATCH] perf: python: Fix build when PYTHON_CONFIG is user supplied

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Jul 28 2022 - 15:26:25 EST


Em Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 09:37:32AM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 2:40 AM James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The previous change to Python autodetection had a small mistake where
> > the auto value was used to determine the Python binary, rather than the
> > user supplied value. The Python binary is only used for one part of the
> > build process, rather than the final linking, so it was producing
> > correct builds in most scenarios, especially when the auto detected
> > value matched what the user wanted, or the system only had a valid set
> > of Pythons.
> >
> > Change it so that the Python binary path is derived from either the
> > PYTHON_CONFIG value or PYTHON value, depending on what is specified by
> > the user. This was the original intention.
> >
> > This error was spotted in a build failure an odd cross compilation
> > environment after commit 4c41cb46a732fe82 ("perf python: Prefer
> > python3") was merged.
> >
> > Fixes: 630af16eee495f58 ("perf tools: Use Python devtools for version autodetection rather than runtime")
> > Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo


> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/Makefile.config | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
> > index d3c254c0f5c6..a69da9f34486 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
> > +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
> > @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ endif
> > # defined. get-executable-or-default fails with an error if the first argument is supplied but
> > # doesn't exist.
> > override PYTHON_CONFIG := $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON_CONFIG,$(PYTHON_AUTO))
> > -override PYTHON := $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON,$(subst -config,,$(PYTHON_AUTO)))
> > +override PYTHON := $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON,$(subst -config,,$(PYTHON_CONFIG)))
> >
> > grep-libs = $(filter -l%,$(1))
> > strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
> > --
> > 2.28.0
> >

--

- Arnaldo