Use GCC's -MD feature to generate a dependency file for each feature test .c 
file,
and include that .d file in the config/feature-checks/Makefile.

This allows us to do two things:

 - speed up feature tests
 - detect removal or changes in build dependencies - including system 
libraries/headers

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile 
b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index b3f6372..4708cca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 
 FILES=test-hello
 
+CC := $(CC) -MD
+
 all: $(FILES)
 
 BUILD = $(CC) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ [email protected]
 
 ###############################
 
-test-hello: test-hello.c
+test-hello:
        $(BUILD)
 
+-include *.d */*.d
+
 ###############################
 
 clean:
-       rm -f $(FILES)
+       rm -f $(FILES) *.d
-- 
1.7.11.7

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