From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Cc: Dmitrii Sharshakov <d3dx12.xx@gmail.com>,
Andrew Soknacki <asoknacki@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] binman: elf: Check for ELF_TOOLS availability in is_valid
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:47:50 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120154750.420179-1-trini@konsulko.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109-pyelftools-warning-v2-1-e27784f14c56@gmail.com>
From: Dmitrii Sharshakov <d3dx12.xx@gmail.com>
Check if elftools package is available before running DecodeElf().
This clarifies the error message and adds the required test for
coverage.
Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Sharshakov <d3dx12.xx@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Soknacki <asoknacki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
[trini: Add the test provided by Andrew on IRC, to fix coverage]
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Add the test, provided by Andrew, to address the coverage failure in
CI
---
tools/binman/elf.py | 2 ++
tools/binman/elf_test.py | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/binman/elf.py b/tools/binman/elf.py
index 6ac960e04196..899c84ad36d6 100644
--- a/tools/binman/elf.py
+++ b/tools/binman/elf.py
@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ def is_valid(data):
Returns:
bool: True if a valid Elf file, False if not
"""
+ if not ELF_TOOLS:
+ raise ValueError("Python: No module named 'elftools'")
try:
DecodeElf(data, 0)
return True
diff --git a/tools/binman/elf_test.py b/tools/binman/elf_test.py
index 5b1733928986..3ad0bf4c4b09 100644
--- a/tools/binman/elf_test.py
+++ b/tools/binman/elf_test.py
@@ -373,6 +373,18 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(True, elf.is_valid(data))
self.assertEqual(False, elf.is_valid(data[4:]))
+ def test_is_valid_fail(self):
+ """Test calling is_valid() without elftools"""
+ old_val = elf.ELF_TOOLS
+ try:
+ elf.ELF_TOOLS = False
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+ elf.is_valid(b'')
+ self.assertIn("Python: No module named 'elftools'",
+ str(e.exception))
+ finally:
+ elf.ELF_TOOLS = old_val
+
def test_get_symbol_offset(self):
fname = self.ElfTestFile('embed_data')
syms = elf.GetSymbols(fname, ['embed_start', 'embed'])
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-20 15:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 22:03 [PATCH v2] binman: elf: Check for ELF_TOOLS availability in is_valid Dmitrii Sharshakov
2026-01-09 22:31 ` Tom Rini
2026-01-20 15:47 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2026-01-20 17:36 ` [PATCH v3] " Quentin Schulz
2026-01-20 17:55 ` Tom Rini
2026-01-20 18:15 ` Quentin Schulz
2026-01-20 18:22 ` Tom Rini
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