baa2ca59ec
Currently, when libtraceevent is not linked,
perf does not support tracepoint:
# ./perf record -e sched:sched_switch -a sleep 10
event syntax error: 'sched:sched_switch'
\___ unsupported tracepoint
libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]
-e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
For cross-compilation scenario, library may not be installed in the default
system path. Based on the above requirements, add LIBTRACEEVENT_DIR build
option to support specifying path of libtraceevent.
Example:
1. Cross compile libtraceevent
# cd /opt/libtraceevent
# CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make
2. Cross compile perf
# cd tool/perf
# make VF=1 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- NO_LIBELF=1 LDFLAGS=--static LIBTRACEEVENT_DIR=/opt/libtraceevent
<SNIP>
Auto-detecting system features:
<SNIP>
... LIBTRACEEVENT_DIR: /opt/libtraceevent
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong@bytedance.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240314063000.2139877-1-yangjihong@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.