2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 4b20fa47c3ab..ff905aceb4fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-stat.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-top.o
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE)
-EXTLIBS = -lbfd -liberty
 
 #
 # Platform specific tweaks
@@ -374,6 +373,23 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 endif
 
+ifdef NO_DEMANGLE
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_DEMANGLE
+else
+
+	has_bfd := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <stdio.h>'; echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo '\#ifndef DMGL_PARAMS'; echo '\#define DMGL_PARAMS (1 << 0)'; echo '\#define DMGL_ANSI (1 << 1)'; echo '\#endif'; echo 'int main(int argc, char **argv) { bfd_demangle(NULL, argv[0], DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI); return 0; }') | gcc -x c - -lbfd > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y")
+
+	has_bfd_iberty := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <stdio.h>'; echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo '\#ifndef DMGL_PARAMS'; echo '\#define DMGL_PARAMS (1 << 0)'; echo '\#define DMGL_ANSI (1 << 1)'; echo '\#endif'; echo 'int main(int argc, char **argv) { bfd_demangle(NULL, argv[0], DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI); return 0; }') | gcc -x c - -lbfd -liberty > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y")
+
+	ifeq ($(has_bfd),y)
+		EXTLIBS += -lbfd
+	else ifeq ($(has_bfd_iberty),y)
+		EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty
+	else
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_DEMANGLE
+	endif
+endif
+
 ifndef CC_LD_DYNPATH
 	ifdef NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER
 		# Some gcc does not accept and pass -R to the linker to specify
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index b4fe0579bd6b..0580b94785e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@
 #include <libelf.h>
 #include <gelf.h>
 #include <elf.h>
+
+#ifndef NO_DEMANGLE
 #include <bfd.h>
+#else
+static inline
+char *bfd_demangle(void __used *v, const char __used *c, int __used i)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
 
 const char *sym_hist_filter;