kernel/linux.git/tools/objtool/special.c, branch v6.1.168

objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites

2021-10-28T21:25:25+00:00

Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as it pleases. Simpler code all-round. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org

objtool: Remove redundant 'len' field from struct section

2021-10-05T19:03:21+00:00

The section structure already contains sh_size, so just remove the extra 'len' member that requires extra mirroring and potential confusion. Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210822225037.54620-3-joe.lawrence@redhat.com Cc: Andy Lavr Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

objtool: Remove reloc symbol type checks in get_alt_entry()

2021-10-05T19:03:20+00:00

Converting a special section's relocation reference to a symbol is straightforward. No need for objtool to complain that it doesn't know how to handle it. Just handle it. This fixes the following warning: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.o: warning: objtool: __ex_table+0x4: don't know how to handle reloc symbol type: kvm_fastop_exception Fixes: 24ff65257375 ("objtool: Teach get_alt_entry() about more relocation types") Reported-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/feadbc3dfb3440d973580fad8d3db873cbfe1694.1633367242.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: Miroslav Benes Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

objtool: print out the symbol type when complaining about it

2021-10-03T20:45:48+00:00

The objtool warning that the kvm instruction emulation code triggered wasn't very useful: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.o: warning: objtool: __ex_table+0x4: don't know how to handle reloc symbol type: kvm_fastop_exception in that it helpfully tells you which symbol name it had trouble figuring out the relocation for, but it doesn't actually say what the unknown symbol type was that triggered it all. In this case it was because of missing type information (type 0, aka STT_NOTYPE), but on the whole it really should just have printed that out as part of the message. Because if this warning triggers, that's very much the first thing you want to know - why did reloc2sec_off() return failure for that symbol? So rather than just saying you can't handle some type of symbol without saying what the type _was_, just print out the type number too. Fixes: 24ff65257375 ("objtool: Teach get_alt_entry() about more relocation types") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiZwq-0LknKhXN4M+T8jbxn_2i9mcKpO+OaBSSq_Eh7tg@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

objtool: Teach get_alt_entry() about more relocation types

2021-10-01T11:57:47+00:00

Occasionally objtool encounters symbol (as opposed to section) relocations in .altinstructions. Typically they are the alternatives written by elf_add_alternative() as encountered on a noinstr validation run on vmlinux after having already ran objtool on the individual .o files. Basically this is the counterpart of commit 44f6a7c0755d ("objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section symbols"), because when these new assemblers (binutils now also does this) strip the section symbols, elf_add_reloc_to_insn() is forced to emit symbol based relocations. As such, teach get_alt_entry() about different relocation types. Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls") Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell Reported-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YVWUvknIEVNkPvnP@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

objtool: Decode jump_entry::key addend

2021-05-12T12:54:55+00:00

Teach objtool about the the low bits in the struct static_key pointer. That is, the low two bits of @key in: struct jump_entry { s32 code; s32 target; long key; } as found in the __jump_table section. Since @key has a relocation to the variable (to be resolved by the linker), the low two bits will be reflected in the relocation's addend. As such, find the reloc and store the addend, such that we can access these bits. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194158.028024143@infradead.org

objtool: Skip magical retpoline .altinstr_replacement

2021-04-02T10:46:57+00:00

When the .altinstr_replacement is a retpoline, skip the alternative. We already special case retpolines anyway. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.259429287@infradead.org

objtool: Rework header include paths

2021-01-14T00:13:14+00:00

Currently objtool headers are being included either by their base name or included via ../ from a parent directory. In case of a base name usage: #include "warn.h" #include "arch_elf.h" it does not make it apparent from which directory the file comes from. To make it slightly better, and actually to avoid name clashes some arch specific files have "arch_" suffix. And files from an arch folder have to revert to including via ../ e.g: #include "../../elf.h" With additional architectures support and the code base growth there is a need for clearer headers naming scheme for multiple reasons: 1. to make it instantly obvious where these files come from (objtool itself / objtool arch|generic folders / some other external files), 2. to avoid name clashes of objtool arch specific headers, potential obtool arch generic headers and the system header files (there is /usr/include/elf.h already), 3. to avoid ../ includes and improve code readability. 4. to give a warm fuzzy feeling to developers who are mostly kernel developers and are accustomed to linux kernel headers arranging scheme. Doesn't this make it instantly obvious where are these files come from? #include #include And doesn't it look nicer to avoid ugly ../ includes? Which also guarantees this is elf.h from the objtool and not /usr/include/elf.h. #include This patch defines and implements new objtool headers arranging scheme. Which is: - all generic headers go to include/objtool (similar to include/linux) - all arch headers go to arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/arch (to get arch prefix). This is similar to linux arch specific "asm/*" headers but we are not abusing "asm" name and calling it what it is. This also helps to prevent name clashes (arch is not used in system headers or kernel exports). To bring objtool to this state the following things are done: 1. current top level tools/objtool/ headers are moved into include/objtool/ subdirectory, 2. arch specific headers, currently only arch/x86/include/ are moved into arch/x86/include/arch/ and were stripped of "arch_" suffix, 3. new -I$(srctree)/tools/objtool/include include path to make includes like possible, 4. rewriting file includes, 5. make git not to ignore include/objtool/ subdirectory. Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Fix x86 orc generation on big endian cross-compiles

2021-01-14T00:13:13+00:00

Correct objtool orc generation endianness problems to enable fully functional x86 cross-compiles on big endian hardware. Introduce bswap_if_needed() macro, which does a byte swap if target endianness doesn't match the host, i.e. cross-compilation for little endian on big endian and vice versa. The macro is used for conversion of multi-byte values which are read from / about to be written to a target native endianness ELF file. Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Abstract alternative special case handling

2020-09-10T15:43:13+00:00

Some alternatives associated with a specific feature need to be treated in a special way. Since the features and how to treat them vary from one architecture to another, move the special case handling to arch specific code. Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf