diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index d7198c54bb69..31da6bed46ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 all::
 
 # Define V=1 to have a more verbose compile.
+# Define V=2 to have an even more verbose compile.
 #
 # Define SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS if your are on a system which snprintf()
 # or vsnprintf() return -1 instead of number of characters which would
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ PTHREAD_LIBS = -lpthread
 # explicitly what architecture to check for. Fix this up for yours..
 SPARSE_FLAGS = -D__BIG_ENDIAN__ -D__powerpc__
 
-ifeq ($(shell sh -c "echo 'int foo(void) {char X[2]; return 3;}' | $(CC) -x c -c -Werror -fstack-protector-all - -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+ifeq ($(shell sh -c "echo 'int foo(void) {char X[2]; return 3;}' | $(CC) -x c -c -Werror -fstack-protector-all - -o /dev/null "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
   CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fstack-protector-all
 endif
 
@@ -448,6 +449,11 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-kmem.o
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE)
 
+ifeq ($(V), 2)
+	QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null"
+else
+	QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null 2>&1"
+endif
 #
 # Platform specific tweaks
 #
@@ -475,19 +481,19 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =
 endif
 
-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) $(EXTLIBS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <gnu/libc-version.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { const char * version = gnu_get_libc_version(); return (long)version; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+ifeq ($(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) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <gnu/libc-version.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { const char * version = gnu_get_libc_version(); return (long)version; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 	msg := $(error No gnu/libc-version.h found, please install glibc-dev[el]);
 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) $(EXTLIBS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+	ifneq ($(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) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && 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
 
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libdwarf/dwarf.h>'; echo '\#include <libdwarf/libdwarf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Error err; Dwarf_Ranges *rng; dwarf_init(0, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &dbg, &err); dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, 0, &rng, 0, 0, &err); return (long)dbg; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -ldwarf -lelf -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libdwarf/dwarf.h>'; echo '\#include <libdwarf/libdwarf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Error err; Dwarf_Ranges *rng; dwarf_init(0, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &dbg, &err); dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, 0, &rng, 0, 0, &err); return (long)dbg; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -ldwarf -lelf -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 	msg := $(warning No libdwarf.h found or old libdwarf.h found, disables dwarf support. Please install libdwarf-dev/libdwarf-devel >= 20081231);
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBDWARF
 else
@@ -499,20 +505,20 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_DEMANGLE
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_DEMANGLE
 else
-	has_bfd := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y")
+	has_bfd := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 
 	ifeq ($(has_bfd),y)
 		EXTLIBS += -lbfd
 	else
-		has_bfd_iberty := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y")
+		has_bfd_iberty := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 		ifeq ($(has_bfd_iberty),y)
 			EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty
 		else
-			has_bfd_iberty_z := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty -lz > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y")
+			has_bfd_iberty_z := $(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <bfd.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { bfd_demangle(0, 0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd -liberty -lz "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 			ifeq ($(has_bfd_iberty_z),y)
 				EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty -lz
 			else
-				has_cplus_demangle := $(shell sh -c "(echo 'extern char *cplus_demangle(const char *, int);'; echo 'int main(void) { cplus_demangle(0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -liberty > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y")
+				has_cplus_demangle := $(shell sh -c "(echo 'extern char *cplus_demangle(const char *, int);'; echo 'int main(void) { cplus_demangle(0, 0); return 0; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -liberty "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y")
 				ifeq ($(has_cplus_demangle),y)
 					EXTLIBS += -liberty
 					BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE