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diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index d16d0ace2775..bfd758ad9e4f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static bool error_occurred;
static bool extra_warn;
+bool target_is_big_endian;
+bool host_is_big_endian;
+
/*
* Cut off the warnings when there are too many. This typically occurs when
* vmlinux is missing. ('make modules' without building vmlinux.)
@@ -438,6 +441,18 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename)
/* Not an ELF file - silently ignore it */
return 0;
}
+
+ switch (hdr->e_ident[EI_DATA]) {
+ case ELFDATA2LSB:
+ target_is_big_endian = false;
+ break;
+ case ELFDATA2MSB:
+ target_is_big_endian = true;
+ break;
+ default:
+ fatal("target endian is unknown\n");
+ }
+
/* Fix endianness in ELF header */
hdr->e_type = TO_NATIVE(hdr->e_type);
hdr->e_machine = TO_NATIVE(hdr->e_machine);
@@ -2117,6 +2132,25 @@ struct dump_list {
const char *file;
};
+static void check_host_endian(void)
+{
+ static const union {
+ short s;
+ char c[2];
+ } endian_test = { .c = {0x01, 0x02} };
+
+ switch (endian_test.s) {
+ case 0x0102:
+ host_is_big_endian = true;
+ break;
+ case 0x0201:
+ host_is_big_endian = false;
+ break;
+ default:
+ fatal("Unknown host endian\n");
+ }
+}
+
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct module *mod;
@@ -2181,6 +2215,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
}
+ check_host_endian();
+
list_for_each_entry_safe(dl, dl2, &dump_lists, list) {
read_dump(dl->file);
list_del(&dl->list);