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elf, uapi: Add type ElfXX_Versym

The type is used by tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/parse_vdso.c.

To be able to build the vDSO selftests without a libc dependency,
add the type to the kernels own UAPI headers. As documented by elf(5).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250226-parse_vdso-nolibc-v2-5-28e14e031ed8@linutronix.de

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Thomas Weißschuh and committed by
Thomas Gleixner
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include/uapi/linux/elf.h
··· 11 11 typedef __u32 Elf32_Off; 12 12 typedef __s32 Elf32_Sword; 13 13 typedef __u32 Elf32_Word; 14 + typedef __u16 Elf32_Versym; 14 15 15 16 /* 64-bit ELF base types. */ 16 17 typedef __u64 Elf64_Addr; ··· 22 21 typedef __u32 Elf64_Word; 23 22 typedef __u64 Elf64_Xword; 24 23 typedef __s64 Elf64_Sxword; 24 + typedef __u16 Elf64_Versym; 25 25 26 26 /* These constants are for the segment types stored in the image headers */ 27 27 #define PT_NULL 0