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| 1) perf build |
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| The perf build process consists of several separated building blocks, |
| which are linked together to form the perf binary: |
| - libperf library (static) |
| - perf builtin commands |
| - traceevent library (static) |
| - GTK ui library |
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| Several makefiles govern the perf build: |
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| - Makefile |
| top level Makefile working as a wrapper that calls the main |
| Makefile.perf with a -j option to do parallel builds. |
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| - Makefile.perf |
| main makefile that triggers build of all perf objects including |
| installation and documentation processing. |
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| - tools/build/Makefile.build |
| main makefile of the build framework |
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| - tools/build/Build.include |
| build framework generic definitions |
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| - Build makefiles |
| makefiles that defines build objects |
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| Please refer to tools/build/Documentation/Build.txt for more |
| information about build framework. |
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| 2) perf build |
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| The Makefile.perf triggers the build framework for build objects: |
| perf, libperf, gtk |
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| resulting in following objects: |
| $ ls *-in.o |
| gtk-in.o libperf-in.o perf-in.o |
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| Those objects are then used in final linking: |
| libperf-gtk.so <- gtk-in.o libperf-in.o |
| perf <- perf-in.o libperf-in.o |
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| NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only |
| focusing on build framework outcomes |