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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/7] objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux .klp.symid link error for .no_trim_symbol symbols
Date: Wed,  5 Aug 2026 07:29:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <18345294f074bffdf734ee6a523968aa7d64ef33.1785939903.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1785939903.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>

Testing klp-build with arm64 produced the following linker error during
the original kernel build:

  `__notrim.1' referenced in section `.klp.symid' of vmlinux.o: defined in discarded section `.no_trim_symbol' of vmlinux.o

symbol_get() puts a static __notrim[] in .no_trim_symbol, which GCC
names __notrim.1, __notrim.2, etc.  Two or more built-in translation
units calling symbol_get() thus produce duplicate names, resulting in
corresponding .klp.symid references which trigger the above error.

Add .no_trim_symbol to the discarded section list so its symbols don't
get symids.

Note this issue is not specific to arm64: it just needs two built-in
symbol_get() callers.  arm64 trips over it easily because it has KVM
always compiled in vmlinux, whereas on x86 it's typically a module.

Fixes: 029223d30162 ("objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 tools/objtool/klp-symid.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-symid.c b/tools/objtool/klp-symid.c
index cf188cdfa6079..21d8708013aba 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-symid.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-symid.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 static const char * const discarded_secs[] = {
 	".discard",
 	".modinfo",
+	".no_trim_symbol",
 	"__tracepoint_check",
 };
 
-- 
2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-05 14:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-05 14:29 [PATCH v2 0/7] objtool/klp: sympos/module/alternative/etc fixes Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 14:29 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-08-05 18:30   ` [PATCH v2 1/7] objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux .klp.symid link error for .no_trim_symbol symbols Song Liu
2026-08-05 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 20:36   ` Song Liu
2026-08-06  5:11     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-06 20:51       ` Song Liu
2026-08-05 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] objtool/klp: Ignore replacement offset of empty x86 alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 20:51   ` Song Liu
2026-08-06  5:14     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] objtool/klp: Explicitly disallow patching or referencing init code/data Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 15:12   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-06  5:26     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 22:23   ` Song Liu
2026-08-05 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] objtool/klp: Don't match local symbols against exports Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 20:59   ` Song Liu
2026-08-05 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-05 22:24   ` Song Liu
2026-08-06 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] objtool/klp: sympos/module/alternative/etc fixes Joe Lawrence
2026-08-07  1:25   ` Josh Poimboeuf

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