Re: [PATCH 4/9] tracing: recordmcount.pl Objcopy check shoulddisable local reference correctly

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Oct 27 2009 - 16:25:38 EST


On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 15:00 +0800, Li Hong wrote:
> >From 580ea035d04d4ca58300423db3dd5b4c73c8d61c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Li Hong <lihong.hi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:41:22 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] tracing: recordmcount.pl Objcopy check should disable local reference correctly
>
> Use a function to do objcopy version check. Disable the local reference if
> copy can't support it. Remove some unused variables.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Hong <lihong.hi@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
> index 94daf9e..970c6d6 100755
> --- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
> +++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
> @@ -155,6 +155,28 @@ my $function_regex; # Find the name of a function
> my $mcount_regex; # Find the call site to mcount (return offset)
> my $alignment; # The .align value to use for $mcount_section
> my $section_type; # Section header plus possible alignment command
> +my $can_use_local = 0; # If we can use local function references
> +
> +##
> +# check_objcopy - whether objcopy supports --globalize-symbols
> +#
> +# --globalize-symbols came out in 2.17, we must test the version
> +# of objcopy, and if it is less than 2.17, then we can not
> +# record local functions.
> +sub check_objcopy
> +{
> + open (IN, "$objcopy --version |") or die "error running $objcopy";
> + while (<IN>) {
> + if (/objcopy.*\s(\d+)\.(\d+)/) {
> + $can_use_local = 1 if ($1 > 2 || ($1 == 2 && $2 >= 17));
> + last;
> + }
> + }
> + close (IN);
> +
> + print STDERR "WARNING: could not find objcopy version or version is less than 2.17.\n" .
> + "\tLocal function references is disabled.\n" if !$can_use_local;

Please use C like if's. This tricked even me. I looked at it, and said
to myself, "Wait, this prints an error every time... oh wait!".

There are some cases where I don't mind the perl if style, and used it
for assigning defaults. But this just makes it more difficult to
understand.

The rest of the patch looks good.

-- Steve

> +}
>
> if ($arch eq "x86") {
> if ($bits == 64) {
> @@ -289,34 +311,7 @@ if ($filename =~ m,^(.*)(\.\S),) {
> my $mcount_s = $dirname . "/.tmp_mc_" . $prefix . ".s";
> my $mcount_o = $dirname . "/.tmp_mc_" . $prefix . ".o";
>
> -#
> -# --globalize-symbols came out in 2.17, we must test the version
> -# of objcopy, and if it is less than 2.17, then we can not
> -# record local functions.
> -my $use_locals = 01;
> -my $local_warn_once = 0;
> -my $found_version = 0;
> -
> -open (IN, "$objcopy --version |") || die "error running $objcopy";
> -while (<IN>) {
> - if (/objcopy.*\s(\d+)\.(\d+)/) {
> - my $major = $1;
> - my $minor = $2;
> -
> - $found_version = 1;
> - if ($major < 2 ||
> - ($major == 2 && $minor < 17)) {
> - $use_locals = 0;
> - }
> - last;
> - }
> -}
> -close (IN);
> -
> -if (!$found_version) {
> - print STDERR "WARNING: could not find objcopy version.\n" .
> - "\tDisabling local function references.\n";
> -}
> +check_objcopy();
>
> #
> # Step 1: find all the local (static functions) and weak symbols.
> @@ -363,7 +358,7 @@ sub update_funcs
> if (defined $locals{$ref_func}) {
>
> # only use locals if objcopy supports globalize-symbols
> - if (!$use_locals) {
> + if (!$can_use_local) {
> return;
> }
> $convert{$ref_func} = 1;

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