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+#!/bin/sh
+#   BSD LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright(c) 2015 Neil Horman. All rights reserved.
+#   All rights reserved.
+#
+#   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+#   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+#   are met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+#       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+#       distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+#       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+#   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+#   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+#   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+#   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+#   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+#   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+#   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+#   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+TAG1=$1
+TAG2=$2
+TARGET=$3
+ABI_DIR=`mktemp -d -p /tmp ABI.XXXXXX`
+
+usage() {
+	echo "$0 <TAG1> <TAG2> <TARGET>"
+}
+
+log() {
+	local level=$1
+	shift
+	echo "$*"
+}
+
+validate_tags() {
+	git tag -l | grep -q "$TAG1"
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+	then 
+		echo "$TAG1 is invalid"
+		return
+	fi
+	git tag -l | grep -q "$TAG2"
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+	then
+		echo "$TAG2 is invalid"
+		return
+	fi
+}
+
+validate_args() {
+	if [ -z "$TAG1" ]
+	then
+		echo "Must Specify TAG1"
+		return
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$TAG2" ]
+	then	
+		echo "Must Specify TAG2"
+		return
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$TARGET" ]
+	then
+		echo "Must Specify a build target"
+	fi
+}
+
+
+cleanup_and_exit() {
+	rm -rf $ABI_DIR
+	exit $1
+}
+
+###########################################
+#START
+############################################
+
+#Save the current branch
+CURRENT_BRANCH=`git branch | grep \* | cut -d' ' -f2`
+
+if [ -n "$VERBOSE" ]
+then
+	export VERBOSE=/dev/stdout
+else
+	export VERBOSE=/dev/null
+fi
+
+# Validate that we have all the arguments we need
+res=$(validate_args)
+if [ -n "$res" ]
+then
+	echo $res
+	usage
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make sure our tags exist
+res=$(validate_tags)
+if [ -n "$res" ]
+then
+	echo $res
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+ABICHECK=`which abi-compliance-checker 2>/dev/null`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	log "INFO" "Cant find abi-compliance-checker utility"
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+ABIDUMP=`which abi-dumper 2>/dev/null`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	log "INFO" "Cant find abi-dumper utility"
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+log "INFO" "We're going to check and make sure that applications built"
+log "INFO" "against DPDK DSOs from tag $TAG1 will still run when executed"
+log "INFO" "against DPDK DSOs built from tag $TAG2."
+log "INFO" ""
+
+# Check to make sure we have a clean tree
+git status | grep -q clean
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	log "WARN" "Working directory not clean, aborting"
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d ./.git ]
+then
+	log "WARN" "You must be in the root of the dpdk git tree"
+	log "WARN" "You are in $PWD"
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+log "INFO" "Checking out version $TAG1 of the dpdk"
+# Move to the old version of the tree
+git checkout $TAG1
+
+# Make sure we configure SHARED libraries
+# Also turn off IGB and KNI as those require kernel headers to build
+sed -i -e"$ a\CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y" config/defconfig_$TARGET
+sed -i -e"$ a\CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n" config/defconfig_$TARGET
+sed -i -e"$ a\CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=n" config/defconfig_$TARGET
+
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS=-g
+export EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-g
+
+# Now configure the build
+log "INFO" "Configuring DPDK $TAG1"
+make config T=$TARGET O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1
+
+log "INFO" "Building DPDK $TAG1. This might take a moment"
+make O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	log "INFO" "THE BUILD FAILED.  ABORTING"
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+# Move to the lib directory
+cd $TARGET/lib
+log "INFO" "COlLECTING ABI INFORMATION FOR $TAG1"
+for i in `ls *.so`
+do
+	$ABIDUMP $i -o $ABI_DIR/$i-ABI-0.dump -lver $TAG1
+done
+cd ../..
+
+# Now clean the tree, checkout the second tag, and rebuild
+git clean -f -d
+git reset --hard
+# Move to the new version of the tree
+log "INFO" "Checking out version $TAG2 of the dpdk"
+git checkout $TAG2
+
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS=-g
+export EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-g
+
+# Make sure we configure SHARED libraries
+# Also turn off IGB and KNI as those require kernel headers to build
+sed -i -e"$ a\CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y" config/defconfig_$TARGET
+sed -i -e"$ a\CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n" config/defconfig_$TARGET
+sed -i -e"$ a\CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=n" config/defconfig_$TARGET
+
+# Now configure the build
+log "INFO" "Configuring DPDK $TAG2"
+make config T=$TARGET O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1
+
+log "INFO" "Building DPDK $TAG2. This might take a moment"
+make O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	log "INFO" "THE BUILD FAILED.  ABORTING"
+	cleanup_and_exit 1
+fi
+
+cd $TARGET/lib
+log "INFO" "COlLECTING ABI INFORMATION FOR $TAG2"
+for i in `ls *.so`
+do
+	$ABIDUMP $i -o $ABI_DIR/$i-ABI-1.dump -lver $TAG2 
+done
+cd ../..
+
+# Start comparison of ABI dumps
+for i in `ls $ABI_DIR/*-1.dump`
+do
+	NEWNAME=`basename $i`
+	OLDNAME=`basename $i | sed -e"s/1.dump/0.dump/"`
+	LIBNAME=`basename $i | sed -e"s/-ABI-1.dump//"`
+
+	if [ ! -f $ABI_DIR/$OLDNAME ]
+	then
+		log "INFO" "$OLDNAME DOES NOT EXIST IN $TAG1. SKIPPING..."
+	fi
+
+	#compare the abi dumps
+	$ABICHECK -l $LIBNAME -old $ABI_DIR/$OLDNAME -new $ABI_DIR/$NEWNAME
+done
+
+git reset --hard
+git checkout $CURRENT_BRANCH
+log "INFO" "ABI CHECK COMPLETE.  REPORTS ARE IN compat_report directory"
+cleanup_and_exit 0
+
+
