--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+MAPFILE=$1
+OBJFILE=$2
+
+if [ -d $MAPFILE ]
+then
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+for i in `awk 'BEGIN {found=0}
+ /.*EXPERIMENTAL.*/ {found=1}
+ /.*}.*;/ {found=0}
+ /.*;/ {if (found == 1) print $1}' $MAPFILE`
+do
+ SYM=`echo $i | sed -e"s/;//"`
+ objdump -t $OBJFILE | grep -q "\.text.*$SYM"
+ IN_TEXT=$?
+ objdump -t $OBJFILE | grep -q "\.text\.experimental.*$SYM"
+ IN_EXP=$?
+ if [ $IN_TEXT -eq 0 -a $IN_EXP -ne 0 ]
+ then
+ cat >&2 <<- END_OF_MESSAGE
+ $SYM is not flagged as experimental
+ but is listed in version map
+ Please add __rte_experimental to the definition of $SYM
+ END_OF_MESSAGE
+ exit 1
+ fi
+done
+exit 0
+