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<updated>2021-06-28T18:35:55+00:00</updated>
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<title>Merge tags 'objtool-urgent-2021-06-28' and 'objtool-core-2021-06-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2021-06-28T18:35:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2021-06-28T18:35:55+00:00</published>
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Pull objtool fix and updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "An ELF format fix for a section flags mismatch bug that breaks kernel
  tooling such as kpatch-build.

  The biggest change in this cycle is the new code to handle and rewrite
  variable sized jump labels - which results in slightly tighter code
  generation in hot paths, through the use of short(er) NOPs.

  Also a number of cleanups and fixes, and a change to the generic
  include/linux/compiler.h to handle a s390 GCC quirk"

* tag 'objtool-urgent-2021-06-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  objtool: Don't make .altinstructions writable

* tag 'objtool-core-2021-06-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  objtool: Improve reloc hash size guestimate
  instrumentation.h: Avoid using inline asm operand modifiers
  compiler.h: Avoid using inline asm operand modifiers
  kbuild: Fix objtool dependency for 'OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_&lt;obj&gt; := n'
  objtool: Reflow handle_jump_alt()
  jump_label/x86: Remove unused JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE
  jump_label, x86: Allow short NOPs
  objtool: Provide stats for jump_labels
  objtool: Rewrite jump_label instructions
  objtool: Decode jump_entry::key addend
  jump_label, x86: Emit short JMP
  jump_label: Free jump_entry::key bit1 for build use
  jump_label, x86: Add variable length patching support
  jump_label, x86: Introduce jump_entry_size()
  jump_label, x86: Improve error when we fail expected text
  jump_label, x86: Factor out the __jump_table generation
  jump_label, x86: Strip ASM jump_label support
  x86, objtool: Dont exclude arch/x86/realmode/
  objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing
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<title>objtool: Improve reloc hash size guestimate</title>
<updated>2021-06-14T12:05:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
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<published>2021-06-11T06:33:36+00:00</published>
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Nathan reported that LLVM ThinLTO builds have a performance regression
with commit 25cf0d8aa2a3 ("objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing"). Sami
was quick to note that this is due to their use of -ffunction-sections.

As a result the .text section is small and basing the number of relocs
off of that no longer works. Instead have read_sections() compute the
sum of all SHF_EXECINSTR sections and use that.

Fixes: 25cf0d8aa2a3 ("objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Debugged-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YMJpGLuGNsGtA5JJ@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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<title>objtool: Fix .symtab_shndx handling for elf_create_undef_symbol()</title>
<updated>2021-06-10T08:08:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-07T09:45:58+00:00</published>
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When an ELF object uses extended symbol section indexes (IOW it has a
.symtab_shndx section), these must be kept in sync with the regular
symbol table (.symtab).

So for every new symbol we emit, make sure to also emit a
.symtab_shndx value to keep the arrays of equal size.

Note: since we're writing an UNDEF symbol, most GElf_Sym fields will
be 0 and we can repurpose one (st_size) to host the 0 for the xshndx
value.

Fixes: 2f2f7e47f052 ("objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()")
Reported-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Fangrui Song &lt;maskray@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YL3q1qFO9QIRL/BA@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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<title>objtool: Fix elf_create_undef_symbol() endianness</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T19:16:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vasily Gorbik</name>
<email>gor@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-12T17:42:10+00:00</published>
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Currently x86 cross-compilation fails on big endian system with:

  x86_64-cross-ld: init/main.o: invalid string offset 488112128 &gt;= 6229 for section `.strtab'

Mark new ELF data in elf_create_undef_symbol() as symbol, so that libelf
does endianness handling correctly.

Fixes: 2f2f7e47f052 ("objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()")
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik &lt;gor@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/patch-1.thread-6c9df9.git-d39264656387.your-ad-here.call-01620841104-ext-2554@work.hours
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<title>objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T12:54:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-06T19:33:53+00:00</published>
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Currently objtool has 5 hashtables and sizes them 16 or 20 bits
depending on the --vmlinux argument.

However, a single side doesn't really work well for the 5 tables,
which among them, cover 3 different uses. Also, while vmlinux is
larger, there is still a very wide difference between a defconfig and
allyesconfig build, which again isn't optimally covered by a single
size.

Another aspect is the cost of elf_hash_init(), which for large tables
dominates the runtime for small input files. It turns out that all it
does it assign NULL, something that is required when using malloc().
However, when we allocate memory using mmap(), we're guaranteed to get
zero filled pages.

Therefore, rewrite the whole thing to:

 1) use more dynamic sized tables, depending on the input file,
 2) avoid the need for elf_hash_init() entirely by using mmap().

This speeds up a regular kernel build (100s to 98s for
x86_64-defconfig), and potentially dramatically speeds up vmlinux
processing.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194157.452881700@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()</title>
<updated>2021-04-02T10:45:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:11+00:00</published>
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Allow objtool to create undefined symbols; this allows creating
relocations to symbols not currently in the symbol table.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.064743095@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Extract elf_symbol_add()</title>
<updated>2021-04-02T10:45:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:10+00:00</published>
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Create a common helper to add symbols.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.003468981@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Extract elf_strtab_concat()</title>
<updated>2021-04-02T10:44:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:09+00:00</published>
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Create a common helper to append strings to a strtab.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151259.941474004@infradead.org
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<title>objtool: Create reloc sections implicitly</title>
<updated>2021-04-02T10:44:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:08+00:00</published>
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Have elf_add_reloc() create the relocation section implicitly.

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151259.880174448@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Add elf_create_reloc() helper</title>
<updated>2021-04-02T10:44:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:07+00:00</published>
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We have 4 instances of adding a relocation. Create a common helper
to avoid growing even more.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151259.817438847@infradead.org
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