Testing to make sure there is no ABI change

[Gleb Kurtsou]

On (31/01/2012 12:05), mdf at FreeBSD.org wrote:
> Gleb has a tool that examines DWARF debug code, and some wrappers to
> add the libc syscall shims as well.  I got stalled by $WORK on the
> ino64 branch so I haven't used it yet.
> 
> For KBI, though, I think it's still by hand.

It's also hosted on github:
https://github.com/glk/shlib-compat

shlib-compat can be used on kernel code as well to compare *.o files
with debugging info. You'll need to specify list of symbols, e.g. with
--include-sym/--exclude-sym. But it's scope is limited by function
signature checks, you won't be able to compare binary sysctls, ioctls,
etc.

Thanks,
Gleb.

> 
> Cheers,
> matthew
> 
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Xin Li <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a better way to test if there is a breaking ABI change than
> > eye inspection for a C library?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - --
> > Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>    https://www.delphij.net/
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