Testing clang features doesn't specify a "-o" option so an a.out file
is created and left in the make directory (not the output). Fix this
by specifying a "-o" of "/dev/null". Reorganize the code a little to
help with readability.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
---
v2: Resolve merge conflict with:
c6a43bc3e8f6 perf python: split Clang options when invoking Popen
---
 tools/perf/util/setup.py | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index 9cae2c472f4a..b65b1792ca05 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ assert srctree, "Environment variable srctree, for the Linux sources, not set"
 src_feature_tests  = f'{srctree}/tools/build/feature'
 
 def clang_has_option(option):
-    cmd = shlex.split(f"{cc} {cc_options} {option}")
-    cmd.append(path.join(src_feature_tests, "test-hello.c"))
+    error_substrings = (
+        b"unknown argument",
+        b"is not supported",
+        b"unknown warning option"
+    )
+    cmd = shlex.split(f"{cc} {cc_options} {option}") + [
+        "-o", "/dev/null",
+        path.join(src_feature_tests, "test-hello.c")
+    ]
     cc_output = Popen(cmd, stderr=PIPE).stderr.readlines()
-    return [o for o in cc_output if ((b"unknown argument" in o) or (b"is not supported" in o) or (b"unknown warning option" in o))] == [ ]
+    return not any(any(error in line for error in error_substrings) for line in cc_output)
 
 if cc_is_clang:
     from sysconfig import get_config_vars
-- 
2.51.0.618.g983fd99d29-goog

On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 08:38:35AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Testing clang features doesn't specify a "-o" option so an a.out file
> is created and left in the make directory (not the output). Fix this
> by specifying a "-o" of "/dev/null". Reorganize the code a little to
> help with readability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> Tested-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>

Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
Namhyung