From 7fbff3c0e085745b99f220ad56fcee3ea9643d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:14:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] perf build: Change the clang check back to 12.0.1

This serves as a revert for this patch:

  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/ZuGL9ROeTV2uXoSp@x1/

Signed-off-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241011021403.4089793-2-howardchu95@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Makefile.config | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 4ddb27a48eed..d4332675babb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_BPF_SKEL),1)
     BUILD_BPF_SKEL := 0
   else
     CLANG_VERSION := $(shell $(CLANG) --version | head -1 | sed 's/.*clang version \([[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+\).*/\1/g')
-    ifeq ($(call version-lt3,$(CLANG_VERSION),16.0.6),1)
-      $(warning Warning: Disabled BPF skeletons as at least $(CLANG) version 16.0.6 is reported to be a working setup with the current of BPF based perf features)
+    ifeq ($(call version-lt3,$(CLANG_VERSION),12.0.1),1)
+      $(warning Warning: Disabled BPF skeletons as reliable BTF generation needs at least $(CLANG) version 12.0.1)
       BUILD_BPF_SKEL := 0
     endif
   endif