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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:33:15 +0000
+Subject: tools/build: Remove bpf() run-time check at build time
+Forwarded: no
+
+It is not correct to test that a syscall works on the build system's
+kernel. We might be building on an earlier kernel version or with
+security restrictions that block bpf().
+
+Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+---
+--- a/tools/build/feature/test-bpf.c
++++ b/tools/build/feature/test-bpf.c
+@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ int main(void)
+ attr.prog_flags = 0;
+
+ /*
+- * Test existence of __NR_bpf and BPF_PROG_LOAD.
+- * This call should fail if we run the testcase.
++ * bwh: Don't use the bpf() syscall as we might be building on a
++ * much older kernel. Do "use" the attr structure here to avoid
++ * a "set but not used" warning.
+ */
+- return syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
++ (void)&attr;
++ return 0;
+ }