Before the change on `i686-linux` `systemd` build failed as: $ bpftool gen object src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.o src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.unstripped.o Error: failed to link 'src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.unstripped.o': Invalid argument (22) After the change it fails as: $ bpftool gen object src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.o src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.unstripped.o libbpf: ELF section #9 has inconsistent alignment in src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.unstripped.o Error: failed to link 'src/core/bpf/socket_bind/socket-bind.bpf.unstripped.o': Invalid argument (22) Now it's slightly easier to figure out what is wrong with an ELF file. CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@xxxxxxxxx> CC: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx> CC: KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/linker.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c index 5ced96d99f8c..71bb4916b762 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c @@ -719,13 +719,22 @@ static int linker_sanity_check_elf(struct src_obj *obj) return -EINVAL; } - if (sec->shdr->sh_addralign && !is_pow_of_2(sec->shdr->sh_addralign)) + if (sec->shdr->sh_addralign && !is_pow_of_2(sec->shdr->sh_addralign)) { + pr_warn("ELF section #%zu alignment is non pow-of-2 alignment in %s\n", + sec->sec_idx, obj->filename); return -EINVAL; - if (sec->shdr->sh_addralign != sec->data->d_align) + } + if (sec->shdr->sh_addralign != sec->data->d_align) { + pr_warn("ELF section #%zu has inconsistent alignment in %s\n", + sec->sec_idx, obj->filename); return -EINVAL; + } - if (sec->shdr->sh_size != sec->data->d_size) + if (sec->shdr->sh_size != sec->data->d_size) { + pr_warn("ELF section #%zu has inconsistent section size in %s\n", + sec->sec_idx, obj->filename); return -EINVAL; + } switch (sec->shdr->sh_type) { case SHT_SYMTAB: -- 2.42.0