Re: Backport perf makefile fix to linux-6.6.y

On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 12:19:01PM +0200, Alexis Lothoré wrote:

Hello stable team,

could you please backport commit 440cf77625e3 ("perf: build: Setup PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR for cross compilation") to linux-6.6.y ?

Its absence prevents some people from building the perf tool in cross-compile environment with this kernel. The patch applies cleanly on linux-6.6.y

Is this a regression from older kernels that was broken in 6.6.y, or is this a new feature? If a new feature, why not just use perf from a newer kernel version instead?

thanks,

greg k-h