Currently we depend on output of 'perf record -e "sched:sched_switch"', to
check whether perf was built with libtraceevent support.
Instead, a more straightforward approach can be to check the build options,
using 'perf version --build-options', to check for libtraceevent support.
When perf is compiled WITHOUT libtraceevent ('make NO_LIBTRACEEVENT=1'),
'perf version --build-options' outputs (output trimmed):
...
libtraceevent: [ OFF ] # HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
...
While, when perf is compiled WITH libtraceevent,
'perf version --build-options' outputs:
...
libtraceevent: [ on ] # HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
...
Committer notes:
Removed one grep in the pipleline by combining the two into just one
expression that covers the OFF + HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT.
Suggested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Disha Goel <disgoel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230725061649.34937-1-adityag@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
# check if perf is compiled with libtraceevent support
skip_no_probe_record_support() {
- perf record -e "sched:sched_switch" -a -- sleep 1 2>&1 | grep "libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support" && return 2
+ perf version --build-options | grep -q " OFF .* HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT" && return 2
return 0
}