libperf build: Always place libperf includes first
authorIan Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 06:09:18 +0000 (22:09 -0800)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:01:27 +0000 (18:01 -0300)
commit8c5b40678c63be6b85f1c2dc8c8b89d632faf988
tree951e1d559a862a621afc5fa4fb6d6fa417884655
parentd2ac7e4418dd2db7c512a658eb5b3d93650baacd
libperf build: Always place libperf includes first

When building tools/perf the CFLAGS can contain a directory for the
installed headers.

As the headers may be being installed while building libperf.a this can
cause headers to be partially installed and found in the include path
while building an object file for libperf.a.

The installed header may reference other installed headers that are
missing given the partial nature of the install and then the build fails
with a missing header file.

Avoid this by ensuring the libperf source headers are always first in
the CFLAGS.

Fixes: 3143504918105156 ("libperf: Make libperf.a part of the perf build")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/lib/perf/Makefile