From: "tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf" <tip-bot2@linutronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: objtool/core] objtool: Don't alias undefined symbols
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:57:58 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <176371907884.498.8805779246600094962.tip-bot2@tip-bot2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bc401173a7717757eee672fc1ca5a20451d77b86.1763671318.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 16f366c5a68839736d3616b466f1738811408ec7
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/16f366c5a68839736d3616b466f1738811408ec7
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:52:17 -08:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:04:08 +01:00
objtool: Don't alias undefined symbols
Objtool is mistakenly aliasing all undefined symbols. That's obviously
wrong, though it has no consequence since objtool happens to only use
sym->alias for defined symbols. Fix it regardless.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bc401173a7717757eee672fc1ca5a20451d77b86.1763671318.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index fffca31..4f15643 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ static int elf_add_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
sym->len = sym->sym.st_size;
__sym_for_each(iter, &sym->sec->symbol_tree, sym->offset, sym->offset) {
- if (iter->offset == sym->offset && iter->type == sym->type &&
- iter->len == sym->len)
+ if (!is_undef_sym(iter) && iter->offset == sym->offset &&
+ iter->type == sym->type && iter->len == sym->len)
iter->alias = sym;
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-21 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-20 20:52 [PATCH 0/6] objtool: AUTOFDO fixes + alias improvements Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 1/6] objtool: Support Clang AUTOFDO .cold functions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-20 22:18 ` Rong Xu
2025-11-21 9:58 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 2/6] objtool: Fix .cold function detection for duplicate symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-21 9:57 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 3/6] objtool: Don't alias undefined symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-21 9:57 ` tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2025-11-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 4/6] objtool: Return canonical symbol when aliases exist in symbol finding helpers Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-21 9:57 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 5/6] objtool: Skip non-canonical aliased symbols in add_jump_table_alts() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-21 9:57 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 6/6] objtool: Remove second pass of .cold function correlation Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-21 9:57 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
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