@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ static int glue(load_elf, SZ)(const char *name, int fd,
glue(bswap_ehdr, SZ)(&ehdr);
}
+ if (elf_machine <= EM_NONE) {
+ /* The caller didn't specify an ARCH, we can figure it out */
+ elf_machine = ehdr.e_machine;
+ }
+
switch (elf_machine) {
case EM_PPC64:
if (ehdr.e_machine != EM_PPC64) {
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ const char *load_elf_strerror(int error);
* load will fail if the target ELF does not match. Some architectures
* have some architecture-specific behaviours that come into effect when
* their particular values for @elf_machine are set.
+ * If @elf_machine is EM_NONE then the machine type will be read from the
+ * ELF header and no checks will be carried out against the machine type.
*/
int load_elf(const char *filename, uint64_t (*translate_fn)(void *, uint64_t),