1 files changed, 28 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 1f67aa02d240..75d4c237b03d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -120,6 +120,29 @@ ifdef PARSER_DEBUG
   CFLAGS             += -DPARSER_DEBUG
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_LIBPYTHON
+  # Try different combinations to accommodate systems that only have
+  # python[2][-config] in weird combinations but always preferring
+  # python2 and python2-config as per pep-0394. If we catch a
+  # python[-config] in version 3, the version check will kill it.
+  PYTHON2 := $(if $(call get-executable,python2),python2,python)
+  override PYTHON := $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON,$(PYTHON2))
+  PYTHON2_CONFIG := \
+    $(if $(call get-executable,$(PYTHON)-config),$(PYTHON)-config,python-config)
+  override PYTHON_CONFIG := \
+    $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON_CONFIG,$(PYTHON2_CONFIG))
+
+  PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ := $(call shell-sq,$(PYTHON_CONFIG))
+
+  PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
+  PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+
+  FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+endif
+
 CFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 CFLAGS += -ggdb3
 CFLAGS += -funwind-tables
@@ -482,21 +505,14 @@ define disable-python_code
   NO_LIBPYTHON := 1
 endef
 
-override PYTHON := \
-  $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON,python)
-
-ifndef PYTHON
-  $(call disable-python,python interpreter)
+ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
+  $(call disable-python)
 else
 
-  PYTHON_WORD := $(call shell-wordify,$(PYTHON))
-
-  ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
-    $(call disable-python)
+  ifndef PYTHON
+    $(call disable-python,python interpreter)
   else
-
-    override PYTHON_CONFIG := \
-      $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON_CONFIG,$(PYTHON)-config)
+    PYTHON_WORD := $(call shell-wordify,$(PYTHON))
 
     ifndef PYTHON_CONFIG
       $(call disable-python,python-config tool)