From bbfb69ed8d4f7adb7b37dad752c58edba5e62c36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:19:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH]  - implemented suggestion by Michael Davidsaver: when reading
 ELF files    check modifification time against program start time and warn if
 the    file was modified more recently since it could be out of date.

---
 src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdElfFindAddr.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdElfFindAddr.cpp b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdElfFindAddr.cpp
index 518b55a51..4f7d38f0d 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdElfFindAddr.cpp
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdElfFindAddr.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #ifdef _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -112,6 +115,18 @@ static ESyms             elfs       = 0;
 static epicsMutexId      listMtx;
 static epicsThreadOnceId listMtxInitId = EPICS_THREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 
+static time_t getStartTime()
+{
+struct timespec ts;
+
+	if ( clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) )
+		return (time_t)0;
+	
+	return ts.tv_sec;
+}
+
+static time_t            prog_start_time = getStartTime();
+
 static void listMtxInit(void *unused)
 {
     listMtx = epicsMutexMustCreate();
@@ -350,6 +365,12 @@ struct stat stat_b;
     }
     n -= EI_NIDENT;
 
+	if ( 0 == fstat(es->fd, &stat_b) ) {
+		if ( stat_b.st_mtime > prog_start_time ) {
+			errlogPrintf("elfRead() -- WARNING: '%s' was modified after program start -- symbol information may be inaccurate or invalid\n", fname);
+		}
+	}
+
     /* read rest */
     if ( n != do_read(es->fd, ehdr.e32.e_ident + EI_NIDENT, n) ) {
         errlogPrintf("elfRead() -- unable to read ELF ehdr: %s\n", strerror(errno));