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perf bpf: Check libbpf version to use btf_dump_type_data_opts.emit_strings
authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fri, 19 Sep 2025 21:02:23 +0000 (18:02 -0300)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:36:08 +0000 (13:36 -0300)
commitaacaf65bb11598669f8bfff413c63eaf7bcbb6f1
tree670d641845f4e0cd872634767e8309b548cda513
parent5a022bf88fb0f4edde14b1f6f9029d96bffbf3e6
perf bpf: Check libbpf version to use btf_dump_type_data_opts.emit_strings

When building perf with LIBBPF_DYNAMIC=1 on a fedora system with
libbpf-devel 1.5 I it was breaking with:

util/bpf-event.c: In function ‘format_btf_variable’:
util/bpf-event.c:291:18: error: ‘const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts’ has no member named ‘emit_strings’
  291 |                 .emit_strings = 1,
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~
util/bpf-event.c:291:33: error: initialized field overwritten [-Werror=override-init]
  291 |                 .emit_strings = 1,
      |                                 ^
util/bpf-event.c:291:33: note: (near initialization for ‘opts.skip_names’)

Check the version before using that feature.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c