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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:33:15 +0000
Subject: tools/build: Remove bpf() run-time check at build time
It is not correct to test that a syscall works on the build system's
kernel. We might be building on an earlier kernel version or with
security restrictions that block bpf().
Also fix the test for whether __NR_bpf is defined.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-bpf.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-bpf.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
# define __NR_bpf 321
# elif defined(__aarch64__)
# define __NR_bpf 280
+# else
# error __NR_bpf not defined. libbpf does not support your arch.
# endif
#endif
@@ -28,9 +29,5 @@ int main(void)
attr.kern_version = 0;
attr = attr;
- /*
- * Test existence of __NR_bpf and BPF_PROG_LOAD.
- * This call should fail if we run the testcase.
- */
- return syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_LOAD, attr, sizeof(attr));
+ return 0;
}