Commit-ID: 2e51f26245701cb28f154552836b7807159088a8
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/2e51f26245701cb28f154552836b7807159088a8
Author: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 16 May 2016 15:31:07 -0500
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:42:46 +0200
objtool: Allow building with older libelf
The switch to elf_getshdr{num,strndx} post-dates the oldest tool chain
the kernel is supposed to be able to build with, so try to cope with
such an environment.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # for v4.6
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/732dae6872b7ff187d94f22bb699a12849d3fe04.1463430618.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/Makefile | 4 ++++
tools/objtool/elf.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
index 6765c7e..f094f3c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ INCLUDES := -I$(srctree)/tools/include
CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -fomit-frame-pointer -O2 -g $(INCLUDES)
LDFLAGS += -lelf $(LIBSUBCMD)
+# Allow old libelf to be used:
+elfshdr := $(shell echo '\#include <libelf.h>' | $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -x c -E - | grep elf_getshdr)
+CFLAGS += $(if $(elfshdr),,-DLIBELF_USE_DEPRECATED)
+
AWK = awk
export srctree OUTPUT CFLAGS ARCH AWK
include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/elf.h
index 7f3e00a..aa1ff65 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/hashtable.h>
+#ifdef LIBELF_USE_DEPRECATED
+# define elf_getshdrnum elf_getshnum
+# define elf_getshdrstrndx elf_getshstrndx
+#endif
+
struct section {
struct list_head list;
GElf_Shdr sh;
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