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1#!/bin/sh
2# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3#
4# Print the linker name and its version in a 5 or 6-digit form.
5# Also, perform the minimum version check.
6
7set -e
8
9# When you raise the minimum linker version, please update
10# Documentation/process/changes.rst as well.
11bfd_min_version=2.23.0
12lld_min_version=10.0.1
13
14# Convert the version string x.y.z to a canonical 5 or 6-digit form.
15get_canonical_version()
16{
17	IFS=.
18	set -- $1
19
20	# If the 2nd or 3rd field is missing, fill it with a zero.
21	#
22	# The 4th field, if present, is ignored.
23	# This occurs in development snapshots as in 2.35.1.20201116
24	echo $((10000 * $1 + 100 * ${2:-0} + ${3:-0}))
25}
26
27orig_args="$@"
28
29# Get the first line of the --version output.
30IFS='
31'
32set -- $(LC_ALL=C "$@" --version)
33
34# Split the line on spaces.
35IFS=' '
36set -- $1
37
38if [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = ld ]; then
39	shift $(($# - 1))
40	version=$1
41	min_version=$bfd_min_version
42	name=BFD
43	disp_name="GNU ld"
44elif [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = gold ]; then
45	echo "gold linker is not supported as it is not capable of linking the kernel proper." >&2
46	exit 1
47else
48	while [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" != "LLD" ]; do
49		shift
50	done
51
52	if [ "$1" = LLD ]; then
53		version=$2
54		min_version=$lld_min_version
55		name=LLD
56		disp_name=LLD
57	else
58		echo "$orig_args: unknown linker" >&2
59		exit 1
60	fi
61fi
62
63# Some distributions append a package release number, as in 2.34-4.fc32
64# Trim the hyphen and any characters that follow.
65version=${version%-*}
66
67cversion=$(get_canonical_version $version)
68min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $min_version)
69
70if [ "$cversion" -lt "$min_cversion" ]; then
71	echo >&2 "***"
72	echo >&2 "*** Linker is too old."
73	echo >&2 "***   Your $disp_name version:    $version"
74	echo >&2 "***   Minimum $disp_name version: $min_version"
75	echo >&2 "***"
76	exit 1
77fi
78
79echo $name $cversion
80