2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
index 2972f05b4e..d97a6edb0f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
@@ -69,4 +69,3 @@ SECURITY_LDFLAGS:pn-xserver-xorg = "${SECURITY_X_LDFLAGS}"
 TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:pn-binutils = " ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
 TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:pn-gcc = " ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
 TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:pn-gdb = " ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
-TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:pn-perf = " ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 675acfaf26..a392166e73 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ SPDX_S = "${S}/tools/perf"
 # supported kernel.
 LDFLAGS="-ldl -lutil"
 
+# Perf's build system adds its own optimization flags for most TUs,
+# overriding the flags included here. But for some, perf does not add
+# any -O option, so ensure the distro's chosen optimization gets used
+# for those. Since ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION} always includes
+# ${DEBUG_FLAGS} which in turn includes ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}, this also
+# ensures perf is built with appropriate -f*-prefix-map options,
+# avoiding the 'buildpaths' QA warning.
+TARGET_CC_ARCH += "${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = '\
     V=1 \
     VF=1 \