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@@ -47,3 +47,70 @@ Those objects are then used in final linking:
 
 NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only
      focusing on build framework outcomes
+
+3) Build with ASan or UBSan
+==========================
+  $ cd tools/perf
+  $ make DESTDIR=/usr
+  $ make DESTDIR=/usr install
+
+AddressSanitizer (or ASan) is a GCC feature that detects memory corruption bugs
+such as buffer overflows and memory leaks.
+
+  $ cd tools/perf
+  $ make DEBUG=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS='-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address'
+  $ ASAN_OPTIONS=log_path=asan.log ./perf record -a
+
+ASan outputs all detected issues into a log file named 'asan.log.<pid>'.
+
+UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (or UBSan) is a fast undefined behavior detector
+supported by GCC. UBSan detects undefined behaviors of programs at runtime.
+
+  $ cd tools/perf
+  $ make DEBUG=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS='-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=undefined'
+  $ UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1 ./perf record -a
+
+If UBSan detects any problem at runtime, it outputs a “runtime error:” message.
+
+4) Cross compilation
+====================
+As Multiarch is commonly supported in Linux distributions, we can install
+libraries for multiple architectures on the same system and then cross-compile
+Linux perf. For example, Aarch64 libraries and toolchains can be installed on
+an x86_64 machine, allowing us to compile perf for an Aarch64 target.
+
+Below is the command for building the perf with dynamic linking.
+
+  $ cd /path/to/Linux
+  $ make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- -C tools/perf
+
+For static linking, the option `LDFLAGS="-static"` is required.
+
+  $ make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
+    LDFLAGS="-static" -C tools/perf
+
+In the embedded system world, a use case is to explicitly specify the package
+configuration paths for cross building:
+
+  $ PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="/path/to/cross/build/sysroot" \
+    PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="/usr/lib/:/usr/local/lib" \
+    make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- -C tools/perf
+
+In this case, the variable PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR can be used alongside the
+variable PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR or PKG_CONFIG_PATH to prepend the sysroot path to
+the library paths for cross compilation.
+
+5) Build with Clang
+===================
+By default, the makefile uses GCC as compiler. With specifying environment
+variables HOSTCC, CC and CXX, it allows to build perf with Clang.
+
+Using Clang for a native build:
+
+  $ HOSTCC=clang CC=clang CXX=clang++ make -C tools/perf
+
+Specifying ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE for cross compilation:
+
+  $ HOSTCC=clang CC=clang CXX=clang++ \
+    ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
+    make -C tools/perf