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    perf tools: Enable libtraceevent dynamic linking · 56d32d4c
    Michael Petlan authored
    Currently we support only static linking with kernel's libtraceevent
    (tools/lib/traceevent). This patch adds libtraceevent package detection
    and support to link perf with it dynamically.
    
      The libtraceevent package status is displayed with:
      $ make VF=1 LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC=1
      ...
      ...                 libtraceevent: [ on  ]
    
    Default behavior remains the same (static linking).
    
    Committer testing:
    
      $ make LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC=1 VF=1 O=/tmp/build/perf -C tools/perf install-bin |& grep traceevent
      Makefile.config:1090: *** Error: No libtraceevent devel library found, please install libtraceevent-devel.  Stop.
      $
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    LPU-Reference: 20210428092023.4009-1-mpetlan@redhat.com
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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