No, because if you build on a macOS 11 host but try to run it on macOS 10.15 then it will crash.
-j On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 4:32 AM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org> wrote: > > On 11/9/20 12:24 AM, Joelle van Dyne wrote: > > macOS 11/iOS 14 added preadv/pwritev APIs. Due to weak linking, configure > > will succeed with CONFIG_PREADV even when targeting a lower OS version. We > > therefore need to check at run time if we can actually use these APIs. > > > > Signed-off-by: Joelle van Dyne <j...@getutm.app> > > --- > > block/file-posix.c | 12 ++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c > > index d83219df55..a9d69746a0 100644 > > --- a/block/file-posix.c > > +++ b/block/file-posix.c > > @@ -1394,12 +1394,24 @@ static bool preadv_present = true; > > static ssize_t > > qemu_preadv(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int nr_iov, off_t offset) > > { > > +#ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN /* preadv introduced in macOS 11 */ > > + if (!__builtin_available(macOS 11, iOS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14, *)) { > > Can we change the CONFIG_PREADV ifdef'ry to run this check once > on macOS 11? > > > + preadv_present = false; > > + return -ENOSYS; > > + } else > > +#endif > > return preadv(fd, iov, nr_iov, offset); > > } > > > > static ssize_t > > qemu_pwritev(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int nr_iov, off_t offset) > > { > > +#ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN /* pwritev introduced in macOS 11 */ > > + if (!__builtin_available(macOS 11, iOS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14, *)) { > > + preadv_present = false; > > + return -ENOSYS; > > + } else > > +#endif > > return pwritev(fd, iov, nr_iov, offset); > > } > > > > >