[PATCH -tip 2/2] x86: insn decoder test checks objdump version

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Fri Nov 20 2009 - 12:11:41 EST


Check objdump version before using it for insn decoder build test,
because some older objdump can't decode AVX code correctly.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/x86/tools/Makefile | 5 ++++-
arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/Makefile b/arch/x86/tools/Makefile
index c80b079..f820826 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ else
posttest_64bit = -n
endif

+distill_awk = $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/distill.awk
+chkobjdump = $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
+
quiet_cmd_posttest = TEST $@
- cmd_posttest = $(OBJDUMP) -d -j .text $(objtree)/vmlinux | $(AWK) -f $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/distill.awk | $(obj)/test_get_len $(posttest_64bit) $(posttest_verbose)
+ cmd_posttest = ($(OBJDUMP) -v | $(AWK) -f $(chkobjdump)) || $(OBJDUMP) -d -j .text $(objtree)/vmlinux | $(AWK) -f $(distill_awk) | $(obj)/test_get_len $(posttest_64bit) $(posttest_verbose)

posttest: $(obj)/test_get_len vmlinux
$(call cmd,posttest)
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d13cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# GNU objdump version checker
+#
+# Usage:
+# objdump -v | awk -f chkobjdump.awk
+BEGIN {
+ # objdump version 2.19 or later is OK for the test.
+ od_ver = 2;
+ od_sver = 19;
+}
+
+/^GNU/ {
+ split($4, ver, ".");
+ if (ver[1] > od_ver ||
+ (ver[1] == od_ver && ver[2] >= od_sver)) {
+ exit 1;
+ } else {
+ printf("Warning: objdump version %s is older than %d.%d\n",
+ $4, od_ver, od_sver);
+ print("Warning: Skipping posttest.");
+ # Logic is inverted, because we just skip test without error.
+ exit 0;
+ }
+}


--
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx
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