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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-04-28 14:34:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-05-04 21:16:02 -0700 |
| commit | d5b0f025281f287759820f57b7ba1bac7827b338 (patch) | |
| tree | f338bec7266dcc3c68fc061600510faafc5b50ca /tools/objtool | |
| parent | 8fdc3585b3b09f2c55d8573edc6a1dbfeb728f03 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-d5b0f025281f287759820f57b7ba1bac7827b338.tar.gz linux-next-d5b0f025281f287759820f57b7ba1bac7827b338.zip | |
objtool/klp: Fix pointer comparisons for rodata objects
klp-diff treats all rodata as uncorrelated, so any reference to it uses
a duplicated copy rather than using a KLP reloc.
For the contents of the data itself, a duplicated copy is fine.
However, pointer comparisons (e.g., f->f_op == &foo_ops) are broken.
Fix it by correlating non-anonymous rodata objects.
Also, use a new find_symbol_containing_inclusive() helper for matching
the end of a symbol so bounds calculations don't get broken, for the
case where an array or other symbol's ending address is used as part of
a bounds calculation.
While these are really two distinct changes, they need to be done in the
same patch so as to avoid introducing bisection regressions.
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/elf.c | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 15 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c index 87c6e00749c6..5a20dab683dd 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/elf.c +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c @@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ struct symbol *find_symbol_containing(const struct section *sec, unsigned long o } /* + * Also match the symbol end address which can be used for a bounds comparison. + */ +struct symbol *find_symbol_containing_inclusive(const struct section *sec, + unsigned long offset) +{ + struct symbol *sym = find_symbol_containing(sec, offset); + + if (!sym && offset) + sym = find_symbol_containing(sec, offset - 1); + + return sym; +} + +/* * Returns size of hole starting at @offset. */ int find_symbol_hole_containing(const struct section *sec, unsigned long offset) diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h index ab5f7017ec34..8a543cea43b9 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h +++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct symbol *find_symbol_by_offset(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset); struct symbol *find_symbol_by_name(const struct elf *elf, const char *name); struct symbol *find_global_symbol_by_name(const struct elf *elf, const char *name); struct symbol *find_symbol_containing(const struct section *sec, unsigned long offset); +struct symbol *find_symbol_containing_inclusive(const struct section *sec, unsigned long offset); int find_symbol_hole_containing(const struct section *sec, unsigned long offset); struct reloc *find_reloc_by_dest(const struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, unsigned long offset); struct reloc *find_reloc_by_dest_range(const struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c index 78633c9b68eb..bf37c652188b 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c +++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c @@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ static bool dont_correlate(struct symbol *sym) is_uncorrelated_static_local(sym) || is_local_label(sym) || is_string_sec(sym->sec) || + (is_rodata_sec(sym->sec) && !is_object_sym(sym)) || is_initcall_sym(sym) || is_addressable_sym(sym) || is_special_section(sym->sec) || @@ -979,7 +980,7 @@ static int convert_reloc_secsym_to_sym(struct elf *elf, struct reloc *reloc) goto found_sym; /* No dedicated section; find the symbol manually */ - sym = find_symbol_containing(sec, arch_adjusted_addend(reloc)); + sym = find_symbol_containing_inclusive(sec, arch_adjusted_addend(reloc)); if (!sym) { /* * This is presumably an .altinstr_replacement section which is @@ -989,6 +990,17 @@ static int convert_reloc_secsym_to_sym(struct elf *elf, struct reloc *reloc) return 1; /* + * .rodata is a mixed bag of named objects and anonymous data. + * + * Convert section symbol references to named object symbols + * when possible, to preserve pointer identity for const + * structs like file_operations. Otherwise a section symbol is + * fine. + */ + if (is_rodata_sec(sec)) + return 0; + + /* * This can happen for special section references to weak code * whose symbol has been stripped by the linker. */ @@ -1009,7 +1021,6 @@ found_sym: static bool is_uncorrelated_section(struct section *sec) { return is_string_sec(sec) || - strstarts(sec->name, ".rodata") || strstarts(sec->name, ".data..Lubsan") || /* GCC */ strstarts(sec->name, ".data..L__unnamed_"); /* Clang */ } |
