linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 2/2] tools/bpftool: fix bpftool build with bintutils >= 2.9

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Date:   Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:19:06 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-team@...com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 2/2] tools/bpftool: fix bpftool build with
 bintutils >= 2.9

On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:16:29 +0000, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> Bpftool build is broken with binutils version 2.29 and later.
> The cause is commit 003ca0fd2286 ("Refactor disassembler selection")
> in the binutils repo, which changed the disassembler() function
> signature.
> 
> Fix this by adding a new "feature" to the tools/build/features
> infrastructure and make it responsible for decision which
> disassembler() function signature to use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>