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perf build: Add build documentation
Adding file describing the basics of perf build process. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Tested-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@gmail.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ibgf7vxyduwohlqqfayl11xb@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt
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1) perf build
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=============
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The perf build process consists of several separated building blocks,
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which are linked together to form the perf binary:
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- libperf library (static)
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- perf builtin commands
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- traceevent library (static)
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- GTK ui library
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Several makefiles govern the perf build:
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- Makefile
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top level Makefile working as a wrapper that calls the main
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Makefile.perf with a -j option to do parallel builds.
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- Makefile.perf
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main makefile that triggers build of all perf objects including
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installation and documentation processing.
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- tools/build/Makefile.build
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main makefile of the build framework
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- tools/build/Build.include
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build framework generic definitions
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- Build makefiles
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makefiles that defines build objects
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Please refer to tools/build/Documentation/Build.txt for more
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information about build framework.
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2) perf build
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=============
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The Makefile.perf triggers the build framework for build objects:
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perf, libperf, gtk
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resulting in following objects:
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$ ls *-in.o
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gtk-in.o libperf-in.o perf-in.o
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Those objects are then used in final linking:
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libperf-gtk.so <- gtk-in.o libperf-in.o
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perf <- perf-in.o libperf-in.o
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NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only
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focusing on build framework outcomes
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