[gdbserver] disable Elf32_auxv_t/Elf64_auxv_t AC_CHECK_TYPES check on Android

See the comment added in configure.ac for more details behind
this change.

gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:

        * configure.ac: Do not call AC_CHECK_TYPES for Elf32_auxv_t
        and Elf64_auxv_t if the target is Android.

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
index 4c064574a13c5948d2f664395ad4c1969394d1b0..7e9d695ab8b728549864dbfa0767371f019b5cae 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-11-23  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+       * configure.ac: Do not call AC_CHECK_TYPES for Elf32_auxv_t
+       and Elf64_auxv_t if the target is Android.
+
 2015-11-22  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
 
        * target.h: #include <sys/types.h>.

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/configure b/gdb/gdbserver/configure
index 87dfda06eed100d47c5553b0cdce2f2972bd3c14..ccb9639d5208460b5b68c2528805634835446c7f 100755 (executable)
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/configure
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/configure
@@ -6442,7 +6442,20 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
-ac_fn_c_check_type "$LINENO" "Elf32_auxv_t" "ac_cv_type_Elf32_auxv_t" "#include <elf.h>
+case "${target}" in
+  *-android*)
+    # Starting with NDK version 9, <elf.h> actually includes definitions
+    # of Elf32_auxv_t and Elf64_auxv_t. But sadly, <elf.h> includes
+    # <sys/exec_elf.h> which defines some of the ELF types incorrectly,
+    # leading to conflicts with the defintions from <linux/elf.h>.
+    # This makes it impossible for us to include both <elf.h> and
+    # <linux/elf.h>, which means that, in practice, we do not have
+    # access to Elf32_auxv_t and Elf64_auxv_t on this platform.
+    # Therefore, do not try to auto-detect availability, as it would
+    # get it wrong on this platform.
+    ;;
+  *)
+    ac_fn_c_check_type "$LINENO" "Elf32_auxv_t" "ac_cv_type_Elf32_auxv_t" "#include <elf.h>
 
 "
 if test "x$ac_cv_type_Elf32_auxv_t" = x""yes; then :
@@ -6465,6 +6478,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
+esac
 
 
 

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac b/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac
index d50d0f1582682ca15260497e63ed2b56c3a91a3a..5524a052c6195052631e05cf2676c02f736548fc 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac
@@ -235,9 +235,23 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPES(socklen_t, [], [],
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 ])
 
-AC_CHECK_TYPES([Elf32_auxv_t, Elf64_auxv_t], [], [],
-#include <elf.h>
-)
+case "${target}" in
+  *-android*)
+    # Starting with NDK version 9, <elf.h> actually includes definitions
+    # of Elf32_auxv_t and Elf64_auxv_t. But sadly, <elf.h> includes
+    # <sys/exec_elf.h> which defines some of the ELF types incorrectly,
+    # leading to conflicts with the defintions from <linux/elf.h>.
+    # This makes it impossible for us to include both <elf.h> and
+    # <linux/elf.h>, which means that, in practice, we do not have
+    # access to Elf32_auxv_t and Elf64_auxv_t on this platform.
+    # Therefore, do not try to auto-detect availability, as it would
+    # get it wrong on this platform.
+    ;;
+  *)
+    AC_CHECK_TYPES([Elf32_auxv_t, Elf64_auxv_t], [], [],
+    #include <elf.h>
+    )
+esac
 
 ACX_PKGVERSION([GDB])
 ACX_BUGURL([http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/])