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VNDK Header Checker
===================
The VNDK header checker consists of 3 tools:
[header-abi-dumper](#Header-ABI-Dumper),
[header-abi-linker](#Header-ABI-Linker), and
[header-abi-diff](#Header-ABI-Diff). The first two commands generate ABI dumps
for shared libraries. The third command compares the ABI dumps with the
reference ABI dumps in [prebuilts/abi-dumps]. If there are no ABI dumps under
[prebuilts/abi-dumps], follow the instructions in
[Create Reference ABI Dumps](#Create-Reference-ABI-Dumps) to create one.
[prebuilts/abi-dumps]: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/abi-dumps
## Header ABI Dumper
`header-abi-dumper` dumps the ABIs (including classes, functions, variables,
etc) defined in a C/C++ source file.
The `-I` command line option controls the scope of ABIs that must be dumped.
If `-I <path-to-export-include-dir>` is specified, the generated ABI dump will
only include the classes, the functions, and the variables that are defined in
the header files under the exported include directories.
### Usage
```
header-abi-dumper -o <dump-file> <source_file> \
-I <export-include-dir-1> \
-I <export-include-dir-2> \
... \
-- \
<cflags>
```
For more command line options, run `header-abi-dumper --help`.
## Header ABI Linker
`header-abi-linker` links several ABI dumps produced by `header-abi-dumper`.
This tool combines all the ABI information present in the input ABI dump files
and prunes the irrelevant ABI dumps.
### Usage
```
header-abi-linker -o <linked-abi-dump> \
<abi-dump1> <abi-dump2> <abi-dump3> ... \
-so <path to so file> \
-v <path to version script>
```
For more command line options, run `header-abi-linker --help`.
## Header ABI Diff
`header-abi-diff` compares two header ABI dumps produced by
`header-abi-dumper`. It produces a report outlining all the differences
between the ABIs exposed by the two dumps.
### Usage
```
header-abi-diff -old <old-abi-dump> -new <new-abi-dump> -o <report>
```
For more command line options, run `header-abi-diff --help`.
### Return Value
* `0`: Compatible
* `1`: Changes to APIs unreferenced by symbols in the `.dynsym` table
* `4`: Compatible extension
* `8`: Incompatible
* `16`: ELF incompatible (Some symbols in the `.dynsym` table, not exported by
public headers, were removed.)
## Create Reference ABI Dumps
`utils/create_reference_dumps.py` may be used to create reference ABI dumps.
#For VNDK libraries
For example, the command below creates reference ABI dumps for all VNDK shared
libraries on arm, arm64, x86, and x86_64 architectures:
```
$ python3 create_reference_dumps.py
```
To create reference ABI dumps for a specific library, run the command below:
```
$ python3 create_reference_dumps.py -l libfoo
```
This will create reference dumps for `libfoo`, assuming `libfoo` is a VNDK
library.
# For LLNDK libraries
```
$ python3 create_reference_dumps.py -l libfoo --llndk
```
This will create reference dumps for `libfoo`, assuming `libfoo` is an LLNDK
library.
For more command line options, run `utils/create_reference_dumps.py --help`.