Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4] selftests/bpf: Use pkg-config to determine ld flags

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 10/16/23 3:03 PM, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> When linking statically, libraries may require other dependencies to be
> included to ld flags. In particular, libelf may require libzstd. Use
> pkg-config to determine such dependencies.
>
> Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V3 -> V4: Added "2> /dev/null".
> V2 -> V3: Added missing "echo".
> V1 -> V2: Implemented fallback, referring to HOSTPKG_CONFIG.
>
>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile   | 4 +++-
>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> index caede9b574cb..009e907a8abe 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include ../../../scripts/Makefile.arch
>   include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
>   
>   CXX ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
> +PKG_CONFIG ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
>   
>   CURDIR := $(abspath .)
>   TOOLSDIR := $(abspath ../../..)
> @@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ CFLAGS += -g -O0 -rdynamic -Wall -Werror $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)	\
>   	  -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)		\
>   	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)
>   LDFLAGS += $(SAN_LDFLAGS)
> -LDLIBS += -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread
> +LDLIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libelf zlib 2> /dev/null || echo -lelf -lz)	\
> +	  -lrt -lpthread
>   
>   ifneq ($(LLVM),)
>   # Silence some warnings when compiled with clang

Staring at tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile, I'm trying to understand why we
cannot replicate something similar for BPF selftests?

For example, with your patch, why is it necessary to now have PKG_CONFIG and
another HOSTPKG_CONFIG var?

What about the below?

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 4225f975fce3..62166d2f937d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ SAN_CFLAGS  ?=
 SAN_LDFLAGS    ?= $(SAN_CFLAGS)
 RELEASE                ?=
 OPT_FLAGS      ?= $(if $(RELEASE),-O2,-O0)
+
+LIBELF_FLAGS   := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) libelf --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+LIBELF_LIBS    := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) libelf --libs 2>/dev/null || echo -lelf)
+
 CFLAGS += -g $(OPT_FLAGS) -rdynamic                                    \
          -Wall -Werror                                                 \
-         $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)                                     \
+         $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS) $(LIBELF_FLAGS)                     \
          -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)          \
          -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)
 LDFLAGS += $(SAN_LDFLAGS)
-LDLIBS += -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread
+LDLIBS += $(LIBELF_LIBS) -lz -lrt -lpthread

 ifneq ($(LLVM),)
 # Silence some warnings when compiled with clang