bpf, libbpf: Add kernel version section parsing back
authorJohn Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:41:26 +0000 (07:41 -0700)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:59:10 +0000 (20:59 +0200)
commit54b8625cd940b6baace0bd9b1cf26b2de68ba307
treee517117cf0d42f411d157ae982ef736059dcf891
parent1f5343c0ae9673543055e9794362766e1f0ed163
bpf, libbpf: Add kernel version section parsing back

With commit "libbpf: stop enforcing kern_version,..." we removed the
kernel version section parsing in favor of querying for the kernel
using uname() and populating the version using the result of the
query. After this any version sections were simply ignored.

Unfortunately, the world of kernels is not so friendly. I've found some
customized kernels where uname() does not match the in kernel version.
To fix this so programs can load in this environment this patch adds
back parsing the section and if it exists uses the user specified
kernel version to override the uname() result. However, keep most the
kernel uname() discovery bits so users are not required to insert the
version except in these odd cases.

Fixes: 5e61f27070292 ("libbpf: stop enforcing kern_version, populate it for users")
Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/157140968634.9073.6407090804163937103.stgit@john-XPS-13-9370
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c