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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-fpatchable-function-entry.sh b/arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-fpatchable-function-entry.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+# To debug, uncomment the following line
+# set -x
+
+# Output from -fpatchable-function-entry can only vary on ppc64 elfv2, so this
+# should not be invoked for other targets. Therefore we can pass in -m64 and
+# -mabi explicitly, to take care of toolchains defaulting to other targets.
+
+# Test whether the compile option -fpatchable-function-entry exists and
+# generates appropriate code
+echo "int func() { return 0; }" | \
+    $* -m64 -mabi=elfv2 -S -x c -O2 -fpatchable-function-entry=2 - -o - 2> /dev/null | \
+    grep -q "__patchable_function_entries"
+
+# Test whether nops are generated after the local entry point
+echo "int x; int func() { return x; }" | \
+    $* -m64 -mabi=elfv2 -S -x c -O2 -fpatchable-function-entry=2 - -o - 2> /dev/null | \
+    awk 'BEGIN { RS = ";" } /\.localentry.*nop.*\n[[:space:]]*nop/ { print $0 }' | \
+    grep -q "func:"
+
+exit 0