On Fri, 2023-12-08 at 21:51 +0000, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: > 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 addr=8 != d=4 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: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx> > CC: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > tools/lib/bpf/linker.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > Change since v1: > Following Eduard's suggestion added one extra pr_warn() call around > section alignment and added compared values into warning messages. Thank you for doing adjustments. (Note: when I apply this patch locally full CC block is a part of the commit message, this is usually omitted from commit messages). Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>