devtools: give some hints for ABI errors

[dpdk.git] / devtools / check-abi.sh

diff --git a/devtools/check-abi.sh b/devtools/check-abi.sh
index e17fedb..ab6748c 100755 (executable)
--- a/devtools/check-abi.sh
+++ b/devtools/check-abi.sh
@@ -50,10 +50,22 @@ for dump in $(find $refdir -name "*.dump"); do
                error=1
                continue
        fi
-       if ! abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2; then
+       abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2 || {
+               abiret=$?
                echo "Error: ABI issue reported for 'abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2'"
                error=1
-       fi
+               echo
+               if [ $(($abiret & 3)) -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo "ABIDIFF_ERROR|ABIDIFF_USAGE_ERROR, this could be a script or environment issue."
+               fi
+               if [ $(($abiret & 4)) -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo "ABIDIFF_ABI_CHANGE, this change requires a review (abidiff flagged this as a potential issue)."
+               fi
+               if [ $(($abiret & 8)) -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo "ABIDIFF_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE_CHANGE, this change breaks the ABI."
+               fi
+               echo
+       }
 done
 
 [ -z "$error" ] || [ -n "$warnonly" ]