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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-02-02 10:01:08 -0800 |
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| committer | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-02-05 08:00:45 -0800 |
| commit | 18328546dd59b6adc111cf84a0ee4cdd3a867611 (patch) | |
| tree | e7f870dc2a104dedf9d9a09a7e026363c29b1796 /tools/objtool | |
| parent | b525fcaf0a76507f152d58c6f9e5ef67b3ff552c (diff) | |
objtool/klp: Fix symbol correlation for orphaned local symbols
When compiling with CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN, vmlinux.o has
__irf_[start|end] before the first FILE entry:
$ readelf -sW vmlinux.o
Symbol table '.symtab' contains 597706 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
1: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 18 __irf_start
2: 0000000000000200 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 18 __irf_end
3: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 17 .text
4: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 18 .init.ramfs
This causes klp-build warnings like:
vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: no correlation: __irf_start
vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: no correlation: __irf_end
The problem is that Clang LTO is stripping the initramfs_data.o FILE
symbol, causing those two symbols to be orphaned and not noticed by
klp-diff's correlation logic. Add a loop to correlate any symbols found
before the first FILE symbol.
Fixes: dd590d4d57eb ("objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files")
Reported-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e21ec1141fc749b5f538d7329b531c1ab63a6d1a.1770055235.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 39 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c index 1e649a3eb4cd..9f1f4011eb9c 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c +++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c @@ -364,11 +364,40 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e) struct symbol *file1_sym, *file2_sym; struct symbol *sym1, *sym2; - /* Correlate locals */ - for (file1_sym = first_file_symbol(e->orig), - file2_sym = first_file_symbol(e->patched); ; - file1_sym = next_file_symbol(e->orig, file1_sym), - file2_sym = next_file_symbol(e->patched, file2_sym)) { + file1_sym = first_file_symbol(e->orig); + file2_sym = first_file_symbol(e->patched); + + /* + * Correlate any locals before the first FILE symbol. This has been + * seen when LTO inexplicably strips the initramfs_data.o FILE symbol + * due to the file only containing data and no code. + */ + for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) { + if (sym1 == file1_sym || !is_local_sym(sym1)) + break; + + if (dont_correlate(sym1)) + continue; + + for_each_sym(e->patched, sym2) { + if (sym2 == file2_sym || !is_local_sym(sym2)) + break; + + if (sym2->twin || dont_correlate(sym2)) + continue; + + if (strcmp(sym1->demangled_name, sym2->demangled_name)) + continue; + + sym1->twin = sym2; + sym2->twin = sym1; + break; + } + } + + /* Correlate locals after the first FILE symbol */ + for (; ; file1_sym = next_file_symbol(e->orig, file1_sym), + file2_sym = next_file_symbol(e->patched, file2_sym)) { if (!file1_sym && file2_sym) { ERROR("FILE symbol mismatch: NULL != %s", file2_sym->name); |
