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[82.69.66.36]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-48b029bef64sm5047284f8f.10.2026.09.30.06.21.15 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:21:15 -0700 (PDT) From: David Laight To: Andrew Morton , Petr Mladek , Kees Cook , David Laight , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, Jim Cromie , Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Zhen Lei , Luis Chamberlain , Andrey Grodzovsky , Steven Rostedt Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kallsyms: Optimise symbol name search Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:21:08 +0100 Message-Id: <20260930132109.260597-3-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.5 In-Reply-To: <20260930132109.260597-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> References: <20260930132109.260597-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Change the alphabetically ordered lookup table (kallsyms_seqs_of_names) with one that indexed the table of compressed names rather than the array of symbol values. This removes all the linear scans during the binary search for the symbol name. Once the name has been found a second binary search of the 'markers' array followed by a linear scan for the symbols address gives the symbol value. This linear scan is done once for each address returned, whereas the old code did the scan for each of the ~17 comparisons in the binary search (and the binary search is done at least two times for a symbol that appears once). For normal kernels the index table stays at 24 bits per symbol (now host ordered), but a 32 bit table is used if necessary (probably only for allyesconfig builds - needs 25 bits on x86-64). Seems to work. Build for BE kernels will correctly flip the byte order in the index table. Signed-off-by: David Laight --- kernel/kallsyms.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ kernel/kallsyms_internal.h | 4 +- scripts/Makefile | 1 + scripts/kallsyms.c | 50 ++++++++++++++----------- 4 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c index d18d78e626db..2f39fa850dea 100644 --- a/kernel/kallsyms.c +++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c @@ -177,6 +177,36 @@ static unsigned int get_symbol_offset(unsigned long pos) return name - kallsyms_names; } +/* + * Find the value of a symbol givem the offset in the compressed stream. + */ +static unsigned long get_name_address(unsigned int name_offset) +{ + unsigned int low, pos, high; + + low = 0; + high = kallsyms_num_syms >> 8; + + while (high - low > 1) { + pos = low + (high - low) / 2; + if (name_offset >= kallsyms_markers[pos]) + low = pos; + else + high = pos; + } + + pos = kallsyms_markers[low]; + for (low <<= 8; pos < name_offset; low++) { + unsigned int len = kallsyms_names[pos]; + if (len & 0x80) + len += (kallsyms_names[pos + 1] << 7) - 0x7f; + pos += 1 + len; + } + + return kallsyms_sym_address(low); +} + + unsigned long kallsyms_sym_address(int idx) { /* non-relocatable 32-bit kernels just embed the value directly */ @@ -185,14 +215,11 @@ unsigned long kallsyms_sym_address(int idx) return (unsigned long)offset_to_ptr(kallsyms_offsets + idx); } -static unsigned int get_symbol_seq(int index) +static unsigned int get_symbol_name(int index) { - unsigned int i, seq = 0; - - for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) - seq = (seq << 8) | kallsyms_seqs_of_names[3 * index + i]; - - return seq; + if (kallsyms_off24_of_names) + return kallsyms_off24_of_names[index].v; + return kallsyms_off32_of_names[index]; } static int kallsyms_lookup_names(const char *name, @@ -201,15 +228,14 @@ static int kallsyms_lookup_names(const char *name, { int ret; int low, mid, high; - unsigned int seq, off; + unsigned int off; low = 0; high = kallsyms_num_syms - 1; while (low <= high) { mid = low + (high - low) / 2; - seq = get_symbol_seq(mid); - off = get_symbol_offset(seq); + off = get_symbol_name(mid); ret = kallsyms_strcmp_symbol(off, name); if (ret > 0) low = mid + 1; @@ -220,23 +246,24 @@ static int kallsyms_lookup_names(const char *name, } if (low > high) - return -ESRCH; + return -1; + + ret = off; low = mid; while (low) { - seq = get_symbol_seq(low - 1); - off = get_symbol_offset(seq); + off = get_symbol_name(low - 1); if (kallsyms_strcmp_symbol(off, name) != 0) break; low--; + ret = off; } *start = low; if (end) { high = mid; while (high < kallsyms_num_syms - 1) { - seq = get_symbol_seq(high + 1); - off = get_symbol_offset(seq); + off = get_symbol_name(high + 1); if (kallsyms_strcmp_symbol(off, name) != 0) break; high++; @@ -244,7 +271,7 @@ static int kallsyms_lookup_names(const char *name, *end = high; } - return 0; + return ret; } /* Lookup the address for this symbol. Returns 0 if not found. */ @@ -258,8 +285,8 @@ unsigned long kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name) return 0; ret = kallsyms_lookup_names(name, &i, NULL); - if (!ret) - return kallsyms_sym_address(get_symbol_seq(i)); + if (ret >= 0) + return get_name_address(ret); return module_kallsyms_lookup_name(name); } @@ -289,15 +316,17 @@ int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, unsigned long), int kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, unsigned long), const char *name, void *data) { - int ret; - unsigned int i, start, end; + int name_offset, ret; + unsigned int sym_number, last; - ret = kallsyms_lookup_names(name, &start, &end); - if (ret) + name_offset = kallsyms_lookup_names(name, &sym_number, &last); + if (name_offset < 0) return 0; - for (i = start; !ret && i <= end; i++) { - ret = fn(data, kallsyms_sym_address(get_symbol_seq(i))); + for (;; name_offset = get_symbol_name(sym_number)) { + ret = fn(data, get_name_address(name_offset)); + if (ret || ++sym_number > last) + break; cond_resched(); } diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h b/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h index 81a867dbe57d..be503f3f993f 100644 --- a/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h +++ b/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ extern const char kallsyms_token_table[]; extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[]; extern const unsigned int kallsyms_markers[]; -extern const u8 kallsyms_seqs_of_names[]; + +extern struct { unsigned int v:24 __attribute__((packed)); } kallsyms_off24_of_names[] __attribute__((weak)); +extern u32 kallsyms_off32_of_names[] __attribute__((weak)); #endif // LINUX_KALLSYMS_INTERNAL_H_ diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile index 3434a82a119f..b481c2b291bb 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile +++ b/scripts/Makefile @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ generate_rust_target-rust := y rustdoc_test_builder-rust := y rustdoc_test_gen-rust := y +HOSTCFLAGS_kallsyms.o += $(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),-DCONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN) HOSTCFLAGS_tracepoint-update.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include HOSTCFLAGS_elf-parse.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c index 494852ade6d8..74264ead1efe 100644 --- a/scripts/kallsyms.c +++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c @@ -338,9 +338,8 @@ static void sort_symbols_by_name(void) static void write_src(void) { - unsigned int i, k, off; + unsigned int i, k, off, table_size; unsigned int best_idx[256]; - unsigned int *markers, markers_cnt; char buf[KSYM_NAME_LEN]; printf("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\n"); @@ -349,17 +348,10 @@ static void write_src(void) printf("\t.long\t%u\n", table_cnt); printf("\n"); - /* table of offset markers, that give the offset in the compressed stream - * every 256 symbols */ - markers_cnt = (table_cnt + 255) / 256; - markers = xmalloc(sizeof(*markers) * markers_cnt); - output_label("kallsyms_names"); off = 0; for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) { - if ((i & 0xFF) == 0) - markers[i >> 8] = off; - table[i]->seq = i; + table[i]->seq = off; /* There cannot be any symbol of length zero. */ if (table[i]->len == 0) { @@ -396,19 +388,18 @@ static void write_src(void) */ expand_symbol(table[i]->sym, table[i]->len, buf); strcpy((char *)table[i]->sym, buf); - printf("\t/* %s */\n", table[i]->sym); + printf("\t/* %d@%d: %s */\n", i, table[i]->seq, table[i]->sym); } + table_size = off; printf(".size kallsyms_names, . - kallsyms_names\n"); printf("\n"); output_label("kallsyms_markers"); - for (i = 0; i < markers_cnt; i++) - printf("\t.long\t%u\n", markers[i]); + for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i += 256) + printf("\t.long\t%u\n", table[i]->seq); printf(".size kallsyms_markers, . - kallsyms_markers\n"); printf("\n"); - free(markers); - output_label("kallsyms_token_table"); off = 0; for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) { @@ -448,13 +439,28 @@ static void write_src(void) printf("\n"); sort_symbols_by_name(); - output_label("kallsyms_seqs_of_names"); - for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) - printf("\t.byte 0x%02x, 0x%02x, 0x%02x\t/* %s */\n", - (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 16), - (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 8), - (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 0), - table[i]->sym); + if (table_size < (1u << 24)) { + output_label("kallsyms_off24_of_names"); + for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) { + printf("\t.byte 0x%02x, 0x%02x, 0x%02x\t/* %s */\n", +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN + (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 16), + (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 8), + (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 0), +#else + (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 0), + (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 8), + (unsigned char)(table[i]->seq >> 16), +#endif + table[i]->sym); + } + } else { + output_label("kallsyms_off32_of_names"); + for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) { + printf("\t.long %#04x\t/* %s */\n", + table[i]->seq >> 16, table[i]->sym); + } + } printf("\n"); } -- 2.39.5