3 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 742a32eee8fc..46e877b42d2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -422,7 +422,11 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
         PTHREAD_LIBS =
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+ifeq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+        ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+                BASIC_CFLAGS += -DLIBELF_NO_MMAP
+        endif
+else
         msg := $(error No libelf.h/libelf found, please install libelf-dev/elfutils-libelf-devel and glibc-dev[el]);
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 47ea0609a760..226f44a2357d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int dso__synthesize_plt_symbols(struct  dso *self, int v)
         if (fd < 0)
                 goto out;
 
-        elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
+        elf = elf_begin(fd, PERF_ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
         if (elf == NULL)
                 goto out_close;
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, int fd, const char *name,
         Elf *elf;
         int nr = 0, kernel = !strcmp("[kernel]", self->name);
 
-        elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
+        elf = elf_begin(fd, PERF_ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
         if (elf == NULL) {
                 if (v)
                         fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot read %s ELF file.\n",
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static char *dso__read_build_id(struct dso *self, int v)
         if (fd < 0)
                 goto out;
 
-        elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
+        elf = elf_begin(fd, PERF_ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
         if (elf == NULL) {
                 if (v)
                         fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot read %s ELF file.\n",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 6e8490716408..829da9edba64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ static inline char *bfd_demangle(void __used *v, const char __used *c,
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * libelf 0.8.x and earlier do not support ELF_C_READ_MMAP;
+ * for newer versions we can use mmap to reduce memory usage:
+ */
+#ifdef LIBELF_NO_MMAP
+# define PERF_ELF_C_READ_MMAP ELF_C_READ
+#else
+# define PERF_ELF_C_READ_MMAP ELF_C_READ_MMAP
+#endif
+
 #ifndef DMGL_PARAMS
 #define DMGL_PARAMS      (1 << 0)       /* Include function args */
 #define DMGL_ANSI        (1 << 1)       /* Include const, volatile, etc */