[LTP] [RFC PATCH 6/6] API: Check exported symbols

[Richard Palethorpe]

Hello,

Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> writes:

> Hi Richie,
>
>> Hello Petr,
>
>> Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> writes:
>
>> > Hi Richie,
>
>> >> Abort the build process if a new symbol is exported from the library
>> >> without tst_ or safe_ prepended.
>
>> > The PR does not work few on old toolchains [1], it fails on [2]:
>
>> > awk: line 1: regular expression /parse_opts ... exceeds implementation size limit
>
>> > It's one of the 2 awk calls in check_export_syms.sh, I suppose the other one.
>> > Maybe put non_prefix_syms into temporary file and then run awk on it?
>
>> I doubt it will help, it seems the ignore regex is too long. I'm not
>> sure we need the script to run on old toolchains though.
>
>> Maybe we need a development mode configure flag?
>
> I'll have a look into it, as I'd prefer to be fixed
> (than repeat people on mailing list that this does not work on older distros).
> It's actually only on Debian stable or older.

OK, I guess you can just shorten the regex by substituing "[lL]io_\w+"
for all the lio stuff. Or filter by file instead.

>
> Kind regards,
> Petr
>
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Petr
>
>> > [1] https://travis-ci.org/github/pevik/ltp/builds/771465129
>> > [2] https://travis-ci.org/github/pevik/ltp/jobs/771465135#L3115


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Thank you,
Richard.