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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/extract-vmlinux b/scripts/extract-vmlinux
index 8995cd304e6e..189956b5a5c8 100755
--- a/scripts/extract-vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/extract-vmlinux
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
check_vmlinux()
{
- # Use readelf to check if it's a valid ELF
- # TODO: find a better to way to check that it's really vmlinux
- # and not just an elf
- readelf -h $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
-
- cat $1
- exit 0
+ if file "$1" | grep -q 'Linux kernel.*boot executable' ||
+ readelf -h "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ cat "$1"
+ exit 0
+ fi
}
try_decompress()