bpftool: Install libbpf headers instead of including the dir
Bpftool relies on libbpf, therefore it relies on a number of headers from the library and must be linked against the library. The Makefile for bpftool exposes these objects by adding tools/lib as an include directory ("-I$(srctree)/tools/lib"). This is a working solution, but this is not the cleanest one. The risk is to involuntarily include objects that are not intended to be exposed by the libbpf. The headers needed to compile bpftool should in fact be "installed" from libbpf, with its "install_headers" Makefile target. In addition, there is one header which is internal to the library and not supposed to be used by external applications, but that bpftool uses anyway. Adjust the Makefile in order to install the header files properly before compiling bpftool. Also copy the additional internal header file (nlattr.h), but call it out explicitly. Build (and install headers) in a subdirectory under bpftool/ instead of tools/lib/bpf/. When descending from a parent Makefile, this is configurable by setting the OUTPUT, LIBBPF_OUTPUT and LIBBPF_DESTDIR variables. Also adjust the Makefile for BPF selftests, so as to reuse the (host) libbpf compiled earlier and to avoid compiling a separate version of the library just for bpftool. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211007194438.34443-4-quentin@isovalent.com
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