[PATCH] objtool: allow building with older libelf

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 02:21:45 EST


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>
---
tools/objtool/Makefile | 4 ++++
tools/objtool/elf.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- 4.6-rc7/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ 4.6-rc7-objtool-older-libelf/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
--- 4.6-rc7/tools/objtool/elf.h
+++ 4.6-rc7-objtool-older-libelf/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;