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-rw-r--r--net/bpfilter/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--net/bpfilter/Makefile11
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Kconfig b/net/bpfilter/Kconfig
index fed9290e3b41..84015ef3ee27 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Kconfig
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ menuconfig BPFILTER
if BPFILTER
config BPFILTER_UMH
tristate "bpfilter kernel module with user mode helper"
- depends on CC_CAN_LINK
+ depends on CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC
default m
help
This builds bpfilter kernel module with embedded user mode helper
+
+ Note: your toolchain must support building static binaries, since
+ rootfs isn't mounted at the time when __init functions are called
+ and do_execv won't be able to find the elf interpreter.
endif
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Makefile b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
index 36580301da70..f23b53294fba 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
@@ -3,17 +3,14 @@
# Makefile for the Linux BPFILTER layer.
#
-hostprogs := bpfilter_umh
+userprogs := bpfilter_umh
bpfilter_umh-objs := main.o
-KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/tools/include/ -I $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
-HOSTCC := $(CC)
+userccflags += -I $(srctree)/tools/include/ -I $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH), y)
-# builtin bpfilter_umh should be compiled with -static
+# builtin bpfilter_umh should be linked with -static
# since rootfs isn't mounted at the time of __init
# function is called and do_execv won't find elf interpreter
-KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS += -static
-endif
+userldflags += -static
$(obj)/bpfilter_umh_blob.o: $(obj)/bpfilter_umh