[PATCH v7] usertools: rewrite pmdinfo

[Thomas Monjalon]

12/10/2022 18:30, Robin Jarry:
> Thomas Monjalon, Oct 12, 2022 at 18:16:
> > What about implementing both?
> > If ldd is available, use it,
> > otherwise use LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS variable.
> 
> This is a bit overkill in my opinion. Also it would make the behaviour
> somewhat different whether ldd is available and/or the analyzed binaries
> are executable.

Yes, different behaviour is not desirable.

> I think it is an OK limitation to require that the analyzed ELF files
> are executable.
> 
> By the way, the following command:
> 
>     LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 build/app/dpdk-test-pmd
> 
> Works both on Linux and FreeBSD and produces similar outputs.

OK for executable,
but can we expect .so to be always executable?