From: "'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>
To: Isaac True <itrue@emlix.com>, isar-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] linux-custom: build perf and add it to the linux-perf package
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:39:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee618cf1-e80b-4c8d-8796-33139a827e1b@siemens.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251127113059.559394-2-itrue@emlix.com>
On 27.11.25 12:26, 'Isaac True' via isar-users wrote:
> Add an additional package to the linux-custom recipe containing the perf
> tool, which is built as part of the kernel build process. This package
> is only created and perf is only built if the "notools" profile is not
> active, which is controlled by the new variable "KERNEL_BUILD_NOTOOLS"
> and enabled by default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Isaac True <itrue@emlix.com>
> ---
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/control.tmpl | 9 +++++++++
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/build.tmpl | 3 +++
> .../recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/common.tmpl | 2 ++
> .../linux/files/debian/isar/install.tmpl | 7 +++++++
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/rules.tmpl | 2 +-
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc | 10 ++++++++++
> 6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/control.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/control.tmpl
> index ee87cf92..155c2808 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/control.tmpl
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/control.tmpl
> @@ -69,3 +69,12 @@ Conflicts: linux-kbuild-${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED}
> Description: ${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED} Linux kbuild scripts and tools for @KR@
> This package provides kernel kbuild scripts and tools for @KR@
> This is useful for people who need to build external modules
> +
> +Package: linux-perf-${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED}
That's like linux-libc-dev vs. linux-libc-dev-${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED} -
we had to roll back the latter recently, see git.
Why not "linux-perf"?
Jan
> +Build-Profiles: <pkg.${BPN}.kernel !pkg.${BPN}.notools>
> +Section: devel
> +Architecture: any
> +Multi-Arch: foreign
> +Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
> +Description: ${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED} performance analysis tools for @KR@
> + This package contains the 'perf' performance analysis tools for @KR@.
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/build.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/build.tmpl
> index b4c105c1..f518ce34 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/build.tmpl
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/build.tmpl
> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ do_build() {
>
> if echo "${DEB_BUILD_PROFILES}" | grep -q "kernel"; then # Build kernel scripts and tools
> ${MAKE} O=${KERNEL_BUILD_DIR} ${PARALLEL_MAKE} ${KERNEL_EXTRA_BUILDARGS} KCFLAGS="${KCFLAGS}" KAFLAGS="${KAFLAGS}"
> + if ! echo "${DEB_BUILD_PROFILES}" | grep -q "notools"; then # Build kernel tools
> + ${MAKE} O=${KERNEL_BUILD_DIR} ${PARALLEL_MAKE} ${KERNEL_EXTRA_BUILDARGS} KCFLAGS="${KCFLAGS}" KAFLAGS="${KAFLAGS}" -C tools/perf
> + fi
> elif echo "${DEB_BUILD_PROFILES}" | grep -q "kbuild"; then # Build kernel scripts and tools
> ${MAKE} O=${KERNEL_BUILD_DIR} ${PARALLEL_MAKE} ${KERNEL_EXTRA_BUILDARGS} KCFLAGS="${KCFLAGS}" KAFLAGS="${KAFLAGS}" scripts
> if grep -q -E "CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y|CONFIG_HAVE_OBJTOOL=y" ${KERNEL_BUILD_DIR}/.config && [ -d "tools/objtool" ]; then
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/common.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/common.tmpl
> index f9cc2f02..07283dcd 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/common.tmpl
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/common.tmpl
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ KERNEL_PKG_LIBC_HEADERS=linux-libc-dev
> KERNEL_PKG_LIBC_HEADERS_CROSS=linux-libc-dev-${DISTRO_ARCH}-cross
> KERNEL_PKG_KERN_KBUILD=linux-kbuild-${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED}
> KERNEL_PKG_KERN_KBUILD_CROSS=${KERNEL_PKG_KERN_KBUILD}-${DISTRO_ARCH}-cross
> +KERNEL_PKG_PERF=linux-perf-${KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED}
>
> # Force creating debian package with valid host arch for -native build
> # Use a cross build to comply with arch specific kernel defconfigs
> @@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ deb_libc_hdr_dir=${deb_top_dir}/${KERNEL_PKG_LIBC_HEADERS}
> deb_libc_hdr_cross_dir=${deb_top_dir}/${KERNEL_PKG_LIBC_HEADERS_CROSS}
> deb_kern_kbuild_dir=${deb_top_dir}/${KERNEL_PKG_KERN_KBUILD}
> deb_kern_kbuild_cross_dir=${deb_top_dir}/${KERNEL_PKG_KERN_KBUILD_CROSS}
> +deb_perf_dir=${deb_top_dir}/${KERNEL_PKG_PERF}
>
> # Array of packages to be generated
> declare -A kern_pkgs
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/install.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/install.tmpl
> index 6fa94508..e6badb2f 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/install.tmpl
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/install.tmpl
> @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ do_install() {
> install_dtbs
> install_kmods
> install_headers
> + if ! echo "${DEB_BUILD_PROFILES}" | grep -q "notools"; then
> + install_tools
> + fi
> fi
>
> # Stop tracing
> @@ -137,6 +140,10 @@ install_dtbs() {
> ${MAKE} O=${O} INSTALL_DTBS_PATH=${deb_img_dir}/usr/lib/linux-image-${krel} dtbs_install
> }
>
> +install_tools() {
> + install -Dm0755 ${O}/perf ${deb_perf_dir}/usr/bin/perf
> +}
> +
> install_kmods() {
> [ -n "${CONFIG_MODULES}" ] || return 0
> ${MAKE} O=${O} modules_install \
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/rules.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/rules.tmpl
> index 598ae93f..a3b25396 100755
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/rules.tmpl
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/rules.tmpl
> @@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ override_dh_strip_nondeterminism:
> true
>
> override_dh_strip:
> - unset DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE && dh_strip -Xvmlinu --no-automatic-dbgsym
> + unset DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE && dh_strip -Xvmlinu -Xperf --no-automatic-dbgsym
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
> index ccbea976..8d9846cd 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
> @@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ RECIPE_PROVIDES:append:libcdev = " \
> linux-libc-dev-${DISTRO_ARCH}-cross \
> "
>
> +# Set to "0" to disable the notools build profile and build the linux-perf package
> +KERNEL_BUILD_NOTOOLS ??= "1"
> +
> +# Provide the linux-perf package if the notools build profile has not been enabled
> +RECIPE_PROVIDES:append = " \
> + ${@ bb.utils.contains('DEB_BUILD_PROFILES', 'pkg.{}.notools'.format(d.getVar('BPN')), '', 'linux-perf-{}'.format(d.getVar('KERNEL_NAME_PROVIDED')), d)} \
> +"
> +
> # When cross-profile is active:
> # kbuild package is provided by -native or -kbuildtarget variant. Also headers
> # provisioning moves over to ensure those variants are pulled, although the
> @@ -231,6 +239,8 @@ def get_additional_build_profiles(d):
> profiles += ' pkg.{}.nolibcdev'.format(d.getVar('BPN'))
> elif bb.utils.to_boolean(d.getVar('KERNEL_LIBC_DEV_ARCH_ALL')):
> profiles += ' pkg.{}.libcdev-arch-all'.format(d.getVar('BPN'))
> + if bb.utils.to_boolean(d.getVar('KERNEL_BUILD_NOTOOLS')):
> + profiles += ' pkg.{}.notools'.format(d.getVar('BPN'))
> return profiles
>
> KERNEL_LIBC_DEV_ARCH = "${@ bb.utils.contains('DEB_BUILD_PROFILES', 'pkg.{}.libcdev-arch-all'.format(d.getVar('BPN')), 'all\nMulti-Arch: foreign', 'any', d) }"
>
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