1 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 41abb90df50..4f1fa77c1fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ endif
 # The default target of this Makefile is...
 all::
 
+ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
+# check that the output directory actually exists
+OUTDIR := $(shell cd $(OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
+$(if $(OUTDIR),, $(error output directory "$(OUTPUT)" does not exist))
+endif
+
 # Define V=1 to have a more verbose compile.
 # Define V=2 to have an even more verbose compile.
 #
@@ -157,10 +163,6 @@ all::
 #
 # Define NO_DWARF if you do not want debug-info analysis feature at all.
 
-$(shell sh -c 'mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)scripts/{perl,python}/Perf-Trace-Util/' 2> /dev/null)
-$(shell sh -c 'mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)util/{ui/browsers,scripting-engines}/' 2> /dev/null)
-$(shell sh -c 'mkdir $(OUTPUT)bench' 2> /dev/null)
-
 $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE
         @$(SHELL_PATH) util/PERF-VERSION-GEN $(OUTPUT)
 -include $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE
@@ -186,8 +188,6 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
         ARCH := x86
 endif
 
-$(shell sh -c 'mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/' 2> /dev/null)
-
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
 #
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
 RM = rm -f
+MKDIR = mkdir
 TAR = tar
 FIND = find
 INSTALL = install
@@ -838,6 +839,7 @@ ifndef V
         QUIET_CC       = @echo '   ' CC $@;
         QUIET_AR       = @echo '   ' AR $@;
         QUIET_LINK     = @echo '   ' LINK $@;
+        QUIET_MKDIR    = @echo '   ' MKDIR $@;
         QUIET_BUILT_IN = @echo '   ' BUILTIN $@;
         QUIET_GEN      = @echo '   ' GEN $@;
         QUIET_SUBDIR0  = +@subdir=
@@ -935,15 +937,15 @@ $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h: $(wildcard Documentation/perf-*.txt)
         $(QUIET_GEN). util/generate-cmdlist.sh > $@+ && mv $@+ $@
 
 $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) : % : %.sh
-        $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+        $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $(OUTPUT)$@ $(OUTPUT)$@+ && \
         sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
             -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
             -e 's|@@PERL@@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' \
             -e 's/@@PERF_VERSION@@/$(PERF_VERSION)/g' \
             -e 's/@@NO_CURL@@/$(NO_CURL)/g' \
-            $@.sh >$@+ && \
-        chmod +x $@+ && \
-        mv $@+ $(OUTPUT)$@
+            $@.sh > $(OUTPUT)$@+ && \
+        chmod +x $(OUTPUT)$@+ && \
+        mv $(OUTPUT)$@+ $(OUTPUT)$@
 
 configure: configure.ac
         $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $<+ && \
@@ -1012,6 +1014,14 @@ $(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS): $(LIB_H)
 $(patsubst perf-%$X,%.o,$(PROGRAMS)): $(LIB_H) $(wildcard */*.h)
 builtin-revert.o wt-status.o: wt-status.h
 
+# we compile into subdirectories. if the target directory is not the source directory, they might not exists. So
+# we depend the various files onto their directories.
+DIRECTORY_DEPS = $(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h
+$(DIRECTORY_DEPS): $(sort $(dir $(DIRECTORY_DEPS)))
+# In the second step, we make a rule to actually create these directories
+$(sort $(dir $(DIRECTORY_DEPS))):
+        $(QUIET_MKDIR)$(MKDIR) -p $@ 2>/dev/null
+
 $(LIB_FILE): $(LIB_OBJS)
         $(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(LIB_OBJS)