[PATCH v2 1/7] tools build: Add feature check for elfutils libasm

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 03:11:14 EST


This commit introduces a build-time feature test for the elfutils libasm
library in the shared tools/build system. It adds the test program and
updates the Makefiles to attempt building it to detect support.

Note on static linking: pkg-config for libdw/libelf on modern systems
does not list -lebl as a dependency. Older versions of elfutils that
require explicitly linking -lebl statically are unsupported by this
feature check.
---
tools/build/Makefile.feature | 2 ++
tools/build/feature/Makefile | 9 +++++++++
tools/build/feature/test-libasm.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libasm.c

diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index ed1374af31c1..422329dbc20a 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA := \
hello \
babeltrace2-ctf-writer \
libcapstone \
+ libasm \
libcheck \
libbfd-liberty \
libbfd-liberty-z \
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?= \
numa_num_possible_cpus \
libpython \
libcapstone \
+ libasm \
llvm-perf \
zlib \
lzma \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 62909a9c799d..f0f39a2ab203 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ FILES= \
test-timerfd.bin \
test-babeltrace2-ctf-writer.bin \
test-libcapstone.bin \
+ test-libasm.bin \
test-libcheck.bin \
test-compile-32.bin \
test-compile-x32.bin \
@@ -184,6 +185,11 @@ ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
DWARFLIBS += -ldl
endif

+ASMLIBS := -lasm -ldw -lelf
+ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
+ ASMLIBS += -lz -llzma -lbz2 -lzstd
+endif
+
$(OUTPUT)test-libdw.bin:
$(BUILD) $(DWLIBS)

@@ -311,6 +317,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-babeltrace2-ctf-writer.bin:
$(OUTPUT)test-libcapstone.bin:
$(BUILD) # -lcapstone provided by $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libcapstone)

+$(OUTPUT)test-libasm.bin:
+ $(BUILD) $(ASMLIBS)
+
$(OUTPUT)test-libcheck.bin:
$(BUILD) # -lcheck is provided by $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libcheck)

diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libasm.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libasm.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3598ad1cc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libasm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <elfutils/libasm.h>
+#include <gelf.h>
+
+typedef struct ebl Ebl;
+extern Ebl *ebl_openbackend (Elf *elf);
+extern void ebl_closebackend (Ebl *ebl);
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ Elf *elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ, NULL);
+ Ebl *ebl = ebl_openbackend(elf);
+ DisasmCtx_t *ctx = disasm_begin(ebl, elf, NULL);
+ disasm_end(ctx);
+ ebl_closebackend(ebl);
+ elf_end(elf);
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.54.0.1064.gd145956f57-goog