Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86: relocs: build separate 32/64-bit tools

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Apr 16 2013 - 18:22:31 EST


On 04/12/2013 01:13 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Since the ELF structures and access macros change size based on 32 vs
> 64 bits, build a separate 32-bit relocs tool (for handling realmode
> and 32-bit relocations), and a 64-bit relocs tool (for handling 64-bit
> kernel relocations).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> --
> This is ugly with the "cp". Is there some other cleaner way to trigger
> two builds with different defines from the same source file?

There definitely is.

Have simple wrapper files which do:

/* relocs_32.c */
#define ELF_BITS 32
#include "relocs.c"

/* relocs_64.c */
#define ELF_BITS 64
#include "relocs.c"

-hpa


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