kernel/linux.git/tools/objtool/special.c, branch v6.6.132

objtool: Get rid of reloc->addend

2023-06-07T17:03:23+00:00

Get the addend from the embedded GElf_Rel[a] struct. With allyesconfig + CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO: - Before: peak heap memory consumption: 42.10G - After: peak heap memory consumption: 40.37G Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ad2354f95d9ddd86094e3f7687acfa0750657784.1685464332.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Make struct entries[] static and const

2023-02-01T17:15:22+00:00

This data is not modified and not used outside of special.c. Also adapt its users to the constness. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221216-objtool-memory-v2-1-17968f85a464@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Use target file endianness instead of a compiled constant

2022-11-18T08:00:15+00:00

Some architectures like powerpc support both endianness, it's therefore not possible to fix the endianness via arch/endianness.h because there is no easy way to get the target endianness at build time. Use the endianness recorded in the file objtool is working on. Tested-by: Naveen N. Rao Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221114175754.1131267-10-sv@linux.ibm.com

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