pkg/symbolizer: check if binutils was build with macho support

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/symbolizer/symbolizer.go b/pkg/symbolizer/symbolizer.go
index 96b62fb95..158cb9dd1 100644
--- a/pkg/symbolizer/symbolizer.go
+++ b/pkg/symbolizer/symbolizer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package symbolizer
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -63,6 +64,22 @@ func (s *Symbolizer) Close() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Symbolizer) checkBinSupport(addr2line string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(addr2line, "--help")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("addr2line execution failed: %s", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(out, []byte("supported targets:")) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("addr2line output didn't contain supported targets")
+	}
+	if s.target.OS == targets.Darwin && s.target.Arch == targets.AMD64 &&
+		!bytes.Contains(out, []byte("mach-o-x86-64")) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("addr2line was built without mach-o-x86-64 support")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Symbolizer) getSubprocess(bin string) (*subprocess, error) {
 	if sub := s.subprocs[bin]; sub != nil {
 		return sub, nil
@@ -71,6 +88,10 @@ func (s *Symbolizer) getSubprocess(bin string) (*subprocess, error) {
 	if s.target.Triple != "" {
 		addr2line = s.target.Triple + "-" + addr2line
 	}
+	err := s.checkBinSupport(addr2line)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	cmd := osutil.Command(addr2line, "-afi", "-e", bin)
 	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {