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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 llvm@lists.linux.dev, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	 linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,  linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,  linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	 linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/21] elf-parse: add section flags, symbol binding and a read-only mapping
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:22:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260914-build-speedup-v2-6-39817ec5db23@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260914-build-speedup-v2-0-39817ec5db23@kernel.org>

Extend elf-parse to be able to read the symbol table of vmlinux in kallyms.

This requires the ability to open ELF files in read-only mode, so provide
elf_map_ro() to do so.

It also requires accessors for section flags and symbol bindings, so
provide these via shdr_flags() and sym_bind().

Also, check for the file being an ELF file first in elf_parse(). This is
the logical thing to check for first, but additionally prevents kallsyms
from having to check this it self.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/elf-parse.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 scripts/elf-parse.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/elf-parse.c b/scripts/elf-parse.c
index 99869ff91a8c..87aa95b1e5e1 100644
--- a/scripts/elf-parse.c
+++ b/scripts/elf-parse.c
@@ -17,15 +17,21 @@ struct elf_funcs elf_parser;
  * Get the whole file as a programming convenience in order to avoid
  * malloc+lseek+read+free of many pieces.  If successful, then mmap
  * avoids copying unused pieces; else just read the whole file.
- * Open for both read and write.
+ * Open for both read and write if writable is true, otherwise open
+ * read-only.
  */
-static void *map_file(char const *fname, size_t *size)
+static void *map_file(char const *fname, size_t *size, bool writable)
 {
-	int fd;
+	int fd, prot = PROT_READ, flags = MAP_PRIVATE;
 	struct stat sb;
 	void *addr = NULL;
 
-	fd = open(fname, O_RDWR);
+	if (writable) {
+		prot |= PROT_WRITE;
+		flags = MAP_SHARED;
+	}
+
+	fd = open(fname, writable ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		perror(fname);
 		return NULL;
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ static void *map_file(char const *fname, size_t *size)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	addr = mmap(0, sb.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	addr = mmap(0, sb.st_size, prot, flags, fd, 0);
 	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Could not mmap file: %s\n", fname);
 		goto out;
@@ -57,6 +63,12 @@ static int elf_parse(const char *fname, void *addr, uint32_t types)
 	Elf_Ehdr *ehdr = addr;
 	uint16_t type;
 
+	if (memcmp(ELFMAG, ehdr->e32.e_ident, SELFMAG) != 0 ||
+	    ehdr->e32.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized ELF file %s\n", fname);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	switch (ehdr->e32.e_ident[EI_DATA]) {
 	case ELFDATA2LSB:
 		elf_parser.r	= rle;
@@ -78,12 +90,6 @@ static int elf_parse(const char *fname, void *addr, uint32_t types)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (memcmp(ELFMAG, ehdr->e32.e_ident, SELFMAG) != 0 ||
-	    ehdr->e32.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized ELF file %s\n", fname);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	type = elf_parser.r2(&ehdr->e32.e_type);
 	if (!((1 << type) & types)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid ELF type file %s\n", fname);
@@ -103,7 +109,9 @@ static int elf_parse(const char *fname, void *addr, uint32_t types)
 		elf_parser.shdr_name		= shdr32_name;
 		elf_parser.shdr_type		= shdr32_type;
 		elf_parser.shdr_entsize		= shdr32_entsize;
+		elf_parser.shdr_flags		= shdr32_flags;
 		elf_parser.sym_type		= sym32_type;
+		elf_parser.sym_bind		= sym32_bind;
 		elf_parser.sym_name		= sym32_name;
 		elf_parser.sym_value		= sym32_value;
 		elf_parser.sym_shndx		= sym32_shndx;
@@ -133,7 +141,9 @@ static int elf_parse(const char *fname, void *addr, uint32_t types)
 		elf_parser.shdr_name		= shdr64_name;
 		elf_parser.shdr_type		= shdr64_type;
 		elf_parser.shdr_entsize		= shdr64_entsize;
+		elf_parser.shdr_flags		= shdr64_flags;
 		elf_parser.sym_type		= sym64_type;
+		elf_parser.sym_bind		= sym64_bind;
 		elf_parser.sym_name		= sym64_name;
 		elf_parser.sym_value		= sym64_value;
 		elf_parser.sym_shndx		= sym64_shndx;
@@ -174,12 +184,13 @@ int elf_map_long_size(void *addr)
 	return ehdr->e32.e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32 ? 4 : 8;
 }
 
-void *elf_map(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types)
+static void *__elf_map(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types,
+		       bool writable)
 {
 	void *addr;
 	int ret;
 
-	addr = map_file(fname, size);
+	addr = map_file(fname, size, writable);
 	if (!addr)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -192,6 +203,17 @@ void *elf_map(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types)
 	return addr;
 }
 
+void *elf_map(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types)
+{
+	return __elf_map(fname, size, types, true);
+}
+
+/* For tools that only read the file. */
+void *elf_map_ro(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types)
+{
+	return __elf_map(fname, size, types, false);
+}
+
 void elf_unmap(void *addr, size_t size)
 {
 	munmap(addr, size);
diff --git a/scripts/elf-parse.h b/scripts/elf-parse.h
index f4411e03069d..453286e63032 100644
--- a/scripts/elf-parse.h
+++ b/scripts/elf-parse.h
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ struct elf_funcs {
 	uint64_t (*shdr_offset)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 	uint64_t (*shdr_size)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 	uint64_t (*shdr_entsize)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
+	uint64_t (*shdr_flags)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 	uint32_t (*shdr_link)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 	uint32_t (*shdr_name)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 	uint32_t (*shdr_type)(Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 	uint8_t (*sym_type)(Elf_Sym *sym);
+	uint8_t (*sym_bind)(Elf_Sym *sym);
 	uint32_t (*sym_name)(Elf_Sym *sym);
 	uint64_t (*sym_value)(Elf_Sym *sym);
 	uint16_t (*sym_shndx)(Elf_Sym *sym);
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ SHDR_ADDR(addr)
 SHDR_ADDR(offset)
 SHDR_ADDR(size)
 SHDR_ADDR(entsize)
+SHDR_ADDR(flags)
 
 SHDR_WORD(link)
 SHDR_WORD(name)
@@ -211,6 +214,21 @@ static inline uint8_t sym_type(Elf_Sym *sym)
 	return elf_parser.sym_type(sym);
 }
 
+static inline uint8_t sym64_bind(Elf_Sym *sym)
+{
+	return ELF64_ST_BIND(sym->e64.st_info);
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t sym32_bind(Elf_Sym *sym)
+{
+	return ELF32_ST_BIND(sym->e32.st_info);
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t sym_bind(Elf_Sym *sym)
+{
+	return elf_parser.sym_bind(sym);
+}
+
 SYM_ADDR(value)
 SYM_WORD(name)
 SYM_HALF(shndx)
@@ -298,6 +316,7 @@ static inline void w8le(uint64_t val, uint64_t *x)
 }
 
 void *elf_map(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types);
+void *elf_map_ro(char const *fname, size_t *size, uint32_t types);
 void elf_unmap(void *addr, size_t size);
 int elf_map_machine(void *addr);
 int elf_map_long_size(void *addr);

-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-14  9:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-14  9:21 [PATCH v2 00/21] kbuild: significantly speed up kernel builds Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 01/21] kbuild: do not allocate .modinfo in vmlinux Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 02/21] kallsyms: index symbols by token to speed up table compression Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 03/21] kallsyms: output binary data to speed output and kallsyms assembly Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 20:16   ` Markus Elfring
2026-09-14 21:44     ` David Laight
2026-09-15  7:10       ` [v2 " Markus Elfring
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 04/21] kbuild: do not sort nm output where the order is irrelevant Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 05/21] kbuild: only emit vmlinux relocations when required Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 07/21] kallsyms: reimplement mksysmap in C Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 16:33   ` Markus Elfring
2026-09-14 16:54   ` Markus Elfring
2026-09-14 17:01   ` Markus Elfring
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 08/21] kbuild: cache list, composite object state per object Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 09/21] kbuild: implement and use depcheck to check dependency timestamps Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 10/21] kbuild: move the toolchain checks into init/Kconfig.toolchain Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 11/21] kbuild: avoid re-running compiler and linker probes Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 15:02   ` John Stoffel
2026-09-14 15:24     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 11:01       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 12/21] modpost: cache section relocation mismatch state Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 13/21] modpost: emit module descriptors as assembly Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 14/21] kbuild: batch module finalisation Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 18:00   ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 10:44     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 16:49       ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 17:54         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 17:56         ` Nick Desaulniers
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 15/21] objtool: cache relocations, do less work Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 19:44   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-14 20:06     ` Linus Torvalds
2026-09-14 22:23       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-09-14 22:30         ` Linus Torvalds
2026-09-15 12:24           ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 12:19     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 16/21] objtool: size the instruction hash to the text Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 17/21] objtool: decode instructions and resolve branch targets in parallel Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 18:20   ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 10:09     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 11:29       ` David Laight
2026-09-15 15:04         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 18/21] kbuild: rust: optionally parallelise rustc front end Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 18:32   ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 11:09     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 11:16       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15  6:32   ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-09-15 11:15     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 19/21] rust: make exports.o depend on the headers generated for it Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 20/21] kbuild: build rust crates in parallel with the rest of the build Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 18:37   ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 11:58     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 16:52       ` Kees Cook
2026-09-14  9:22 ` [PATCH v2 21/21] kbuild: use pigz for gzip compression if available Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 16:39   ` Kees Cook
2026-09-14 16:49     ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-09-14 17:50       ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 14:30     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-15 17:31       ` Kees Cook
2026-09-15 17:47         ` Nick Desaulniers
2026-09-15 18:02           ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-14 15:41 ` [PATCH v2 00/21] kbuild: significantly speed up kernel builds Kees Cook
2026-09-14 15:53   ` Linus Torvalds
2026-09-15  8:53     ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-15 11:35       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 18:25   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14 18:43     ` Kees Cook

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