[PATCH] KVM: selftests: Guard execinfo.h inclusion for non-glibc builds
From: Hisam Mehboob
Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 20:13:47 EST
The backtrace() function and execinfo.h are GNU extensions available
in glibc but not in non-glibc C libraries such as musl. Building KVM
selftests with musl-gcc fails with:
lib/assert.c:9:10: fatal error: execinfo.h: No such file or directory
Guard the inclusion of execinfo.h under #ifdef __GLIBC__, and wrap
all backtrace() usage under the same guard with a fallback message
for non-glibc builds indicating that stack traces are not available.
Unlike the approach of adding a weak stub for backtrace(), this
explicitly handles the non-glibc case rather than silently providing
an empty implementation.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250829142556.72577-7-aqibaf@xxxxxxxxxx/
Suggested-by: Aqib Faruqui <aqibaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hisam Mehboob <hisamshar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
index b49690658c60..3442b80c37c1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
*/
#include "test_util.h"
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
#include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include "kselftest.h"
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
static void __attribute__((noinline)) test_dump_stack(void);
static void test_dump_stack(void)
{
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
/*
* Build and run this command:
*
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ static void test_dump_stack(void)
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-result"
system(cmd);
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+
+#else /* !__GLIBC__ */
+ fputs(" (stack trace not available: compiled without glibc)\n", stderr);
+#endif
}
static pid_t _gettid(void)
--
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