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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c index 4d1f9e9977eb..d94531e3f64e 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c +++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c @@ -1425,9 +1425,6 @@ static int clone_special_sections(struct elfs *e) { struct section *patched_sec; - if (create_fake_symbols(e->patched)) - return -1; - for_each_sec(e->patched, patched_sec) { if (is_special_section(patched_sec)) { if (clone_special_section(e, patched_sec)) @@ -1704,6 +1701,17 @@ int cmd_klp_diff(int argc, const char **argv) if (!e.out) return -1; + /* + * Special section fake symbols are needed so that individual special + * section entries can be extracted by clone_special_sections(). + * + * Note the fake symbols are also needed by clone_included_functions() + * because __WARN_printf() call sites add references to bug table + * entries in the calling functions. + */ + if (create_fake_symbols(e.patched)) + return -1; + if (clone_included_functions(&e)) return -1; |