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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/extract-vmlinux b/scripts/extract-vmlinux
index 85e1f32fb4a0..266df9bc7a48 100755
--- a/scripts/extract-vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/extract-vmlinux
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# extract-vmlinux - Extract uncompressed vmlinux from a kernel image
#
@@ -7,18 +8,19 @@
#
# (c) 2011 Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@gmail.com>
#
-# Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2).
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+me=${0##*/}
+
check_vmlinux()
{
- # Use readelf to check if it's a valid ELF
- # TODO: find a better to way to check that it's really vmlinux
- # and not just an elf
- readelf -h $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
-
- cat $1
- exit 0
+ if file "$1" | grep -q 'Linux kernel.*boot executable' ||
+ readelf -h "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ cat "$1"
+ echo "$me: Extracted vmlinux using '$2' from offset $3" >&2
+ exit 0
+ fi
}
try_decompress()
@@ -31,12 +33,11 @@ try_decompress()
do
pos=${pos%%:*}
tail -c+$pos "$img" | $3 > $tmp 2> /dev/null
- check_vmlinux $tmp
+ check_vmlinux $tmp "$3" $pos
done
}
# Check invocation:
-me=${0##*/}
img=$1
if [ $# -ne 1 -o ! -s "$img" ]
then
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ try_decompress '\002!L\030' xxx 'lz4 -d'
try_decompress '(\265/\375' xxx unzstd
# Finally check for uncompressed images or objects:
-check_vmlinux $img
+check_vmlinux "$img" cat 0
# Bail out:
echo "$me: Cannot find vmlinux." >&2