From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
live-patching@vger.kernel.org, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
laokz <laokz@foxmail.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>,
Weinan Liu <wnliu@google.com>,
Fazla Mehrab <a.mehrab@bytedance.com>,
Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com>,
Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 52/63] objtool/klp: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:04:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9c643860fcf37d9d00a3415ed5bb0cd48c1dd8cf.1758067943.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1758067942.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Add a --debug option to klp diff which prints cloning decisions and an
indented dependency tree for all cloned symbols and relocations. This
helps visualize which symbols and relocations were included and why.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h | 21 ++++++++
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/objtool/objtool.c | 3 ++
3 files changed, 99 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
index 29173a1368d79..e88322d97573e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ static inline char *offstr(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
#define ERROR_FUNC(sec, offset, format, ...) __WARN_FUNC(ERROR_STR, sec, offset, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
#define ERROR_INSN(insn, format, ...) WARN_FUNC(insn->sec, insn->offset, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+extern bool debug;
+extern int indent;
+
+static inline void unindent(int *unused) { indent--; }
#define __dbg(format, ...) \
fprintf(stderr, \
@@ -110,6 +114,23 @@ static inline char *offstr(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
objname ? ": " : "", \
##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define dbg(args...) \
+({ \
+ if (unlikely(debug)) \
+ __dbg(args); \
+})
+
+#define __dbg_indent(format, ...) \
+({ \
+ if (unlikely(debug)) \
+ __dbg("%*s" format, indent * 8, "", ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+})
+
+#define dbg_indent(args...) \
+ int __attribute__((cleanup(unindent))) __dummy_##__COUNTER__; \
+ __dbg_indent(args); \
+ indent++
+
#define dbg_checksum(func, insn, checksum) \
({ \
if (unlikely(insn->sym && insn->sym->pfunc && \
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 0d69b621a26cf..817d44394a78c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ static const char * const klp_diff_usage[] = {
};
static const struct option klp_diff_options[] = {
+ OPT_GROUP("Options:"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "debug", &debug, "enable debug output"),
OPT_END(),
};
@@ -48,6 +50,38 @@ static inline u32 str_hash(const char *str)
return jhash(str, strlen(str), 0);
}
+static char *escape_str(const char *orig)
+{
+ size_t len = 0;
+ const char *a;
+ char *b, *new;
+
+ for (a = orig; *a; a++) {
+ switch (*a) {
+ case '\001': len += 5; break;
+ case '\n':
+ case '\t': len += 2; break;
+ default: len++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ new = malloc(len + 1);
+ if (!new)
+ return NULL;
+
+ for (a = orig, b = new; *a; a++) {
+ switch (*a) {
+ case '\001': memcpy(b, "<SOH>", 5); b += 5; break;
+ case '\n': *b++ = '\\'; *b++ = 'n'; break;
+ case '\t': *b++ = '\\'; *b++ = 't'; break;
+ default: *b++ = *a;
+ }
+ }
+
+ *b = '\0';
+ return new;
+}
+
static int read_exports(void)
{
const char *symvers = "Module.symvers";
@@ -528,6 +562,28 @@ static struct symbol *__clone_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *patched_sym
return out_sym;
}
+static const char *sym_type(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+ switch (sym->type) {
+ case STT_NOTYPE: return "NOTYPE";
+ case STT_OBJECT: return "OBJECT";
+ case STT_FUNC: return "FUNC";
+ case STT_SECTION: return "SECTION";
+ case STT_FILE: return "FILE";
+ default: return "UNKNOWN";
+ }
+}
+
+static const char *sym_bind(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+ switch (sym->bind) {
+ case STB_LOCAL: return "LOCAL";
+ case STB_GLOBAL: return "GLOBAL";
+ case STB_WEAK: return "WEAK";
+ default: return "UNKNOWN";
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Copy a symbol to the output object, optionally including its data and
* relocations.
@@ -540,6 +596,8 @@ static struct symbol *clone_symbol(struct elfs *e, struct symbol *patched_sym,
if (patched_sym->clone)
return patched_sym->clone;
+ dbg_indent("%s%s", patched_sym->name, data_too ? " [+DATA]" : "");
+
/* Make sure the prefix gets cloned first */
if (is_func_sym(patched_sym) && data_too) {
pfx = get_func_prefix(patched_sym);
@@ -902,6 +960,8 @@ static int clone_reloc_klp(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
klp_sym = find_symbol_by_name(e->out, sym_name);
if (!klp_sym) {
+ __dbg_indent("%s", sym_name);
+
/* STB_WEAK: avoid modpost undefined symbol warnings */
klp_sym = elf_create_symbol(e->out, sym_name, NULL,
STB_WEAK, patched_sym->type, 0, 0);
@@ -950,6 +1010,17 @@ static int clone_reloc_klp(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
return 0;
}
+#define dbg_clone_reloc(sec, offset, patched_sym, addend, export, klp) \
+ dbg_indent("%s+0x%lx: %s%s0x%lx [%s%s%s%s%s%s]", \
+ sec->name, offset, patched_sym->name, \
+ addend >= 0 ? "+" : "-", labs(addend), \
+ sym_type(patched_sym), \
+ patched_sym->type == STT_SECTION ? "" : " ", \
+ patched_sym->type == STT_SECTION ? "" : sym_bind(patched_sym), \
+ is_undef_sym(patched_sym) ? " UNDEF" : "", \
+ export ? " EXPORTED" : "", \
+ klp ? " KLP" : "")
+
/* Copy a reloc and its symbol to the output object */
static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
@@ -969,6 +1040,8 @@ static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
klp = klp_reloc_needed(patched_reloc);
+ dbg_clone_reloc(sec, offset, patched_sym, addend, export, klp);
+
if (klp) {
if (clone_reloc_klp(e, patched_reloc, sec, offset, export))
return -1;
@@ -1000,6 +1073,8 @@ static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
if (is_string_sec(patched_sym->sec)) {
const char *str = patched_sym->sec->data->d_buf + addend;
+ __dbg_indent("\"%s\"", escape_str(str));
+
addend = elf_add_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
if (addend == -1)
return -1;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/objtool.c b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
index c8f611c1320d1..3c26ed561c7ef 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/objtool.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
#include <objtool/objtool.h>
#include <objtool/warn.h>
+bool debug;
+int indent;
+
static struct objtool_file file;
struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *filename)
--
2.50.0
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2025-09-17 16:03 [PATCH v4 00/63] objtool,livepatch: klp-build livepatch module generation Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 01/63] s390/vmlinux.lds.S: Prevent thunk functions from getting placed with normal text Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 02/63] vmlinux.lds: Unify TEXT_MAIN, DATA_MAIN, and related macros Josh Poimboeuf
2025-12-20 16:25 ` Carlos Llamas
2026-01-06 22:46 ` Will Deacon
2026-01-08 21:59 ` Carlos Llamas
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 03/63] x86/module: Improve relocation error messages Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 04/63] x86/kprobes: Remove STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD annotation Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 05/63] compiler: Tweak __UNIQUE_ID() naming Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 06/63] compiler.h: Make addressable symbols less of an eyesore Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 07/63] elfnote: Change ELFNOTE() to use __UNIQUE_ID() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 08/63] kbuild: Remove 'kmod_' prefix from __KBUILD_MODNAME Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-20 12:20 ` Alexander Stein
2025-10-20 17:22 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-22 9:53 ` Anders Roxell
[not found] ` <CGME20251020130001eucas1p259c59daada89ad0fece76b7a86581f0e@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2025-10-20 12:59 ` Marek Szyprowski
2025-10-20 16:34 ` Mark Brown
2025-10-20 16:37 ` Cosmin Tanislav
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 09/63] modpost: Ignore unresolved section bounds symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 10/63] x86/alternative: Refactor INT3 call emulation selftest Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 11/63] interval_tree: Sync interval_tree_generic.h with tools Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 12/63] interval_tree: Fix ITSTATIC usage for *_subtree_search() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4.1 " Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 13/63] objtool: Make find_symbol_containing() less arbitrary Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 14/63] objtool: Fix broken error handling in read_symbols() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 15/63] objtool: Propagate elf_truncate_section() error in elf_write() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 16/63] objtool: Remove error handling boilerplate Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 17/63] objtool: Add empty symbols to the symbol tree again Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 18/63] objtool: Fix interval tree insertion for zero-length symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 19/63] objtool: Fix weak symbol detection Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 20/63] objtool: Fix x86 addend calculation Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 21/63] objtool: Fix __pa_symbol() relocation handling Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 22/63] objtool: Fix "unexpected end of section" warning for alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 23/63] objtool: Check for missing annotation entries in read_annotate() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 24/63] objtool: Const string cleanup Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 25/63] objtool: Clean up compiler flag usage Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 26/63] objtool: Remove .parainstructions reference Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 27/63] objtool: Convert elf iterator macros to use 'struct elf' Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 28/63] objtool: Add section/symbol type helpers Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 29/63] objtool: Mark .cold subfunctions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 30/63] objtool: Fix weak symbol hole detection for .cold functions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 31/63] objtool: Mark prefix functions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 32/63] objtool: Simplify reloc offset calculation in unwind_read_hints() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 33/63] objtool: Avoid emptying lists for duplicate sections Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 34/63] objtool: Rename --Werror to --werror Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 35/63] objtool: Resurrect --backup option Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 36/63] objtool: Reindent check_options[] Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 37/63] objtool: Refactor add_jump_destinations() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 38/63] objtool: Simplify special symbol handling in elf_update_symbol() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 39/63] objtool: Generalize elf_create_symbol() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 40/63] objtool: Generalize elf_create_section() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 41/63] objtool: Add elf_create_data() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 42/63] objtool: Add elf_create_reloc() and elf_init_reloc() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 43/63] objtool: Add elf_create_file() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 44/63] objtool: Add annotype() helper Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 45/63] objtool: Move ANNOTATE* macros to annotate.h Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 46/63] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 47/63] x86/asm: Annotate special section entries Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 48/63] objtool: Unify STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD entry sizes Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 49/63] objtool/klp: Add --checksum option to generate per-function checksums Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-27 1:19 ` Michael Kelley
2025-10-27 22:22 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-05 15:22 ` Michael Kelley
2025-11-11 20:09 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-12 1:39 ` Michael Kelley
2025-11-12 2:26 ` Michael Kelley
2025-11-12 4:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-12 4:32 ` Michael Kelley
2025-11-12 13:25 ` David Laight
2025-11-12 16:16 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-11-12 21:39 ` David Laight
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 50/63] objtool/klp: Add --debug-checksum=<funcs> to show per-instruction checksums Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:03 ` [PATCH v4 51/63] objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-08 14:01 ` Petr Mladek
2025-10-08 15:27 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-09 12:29 ` Petr Mladek
2025-10-09 23:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 53/63] objtool/klp: Add post-link subcommand to finalize livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 54/63] objtool: Refactor prefix symbol creation code Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 55/63] objtool: Add base objtool support for livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 56/63] livepatch: Add CONFIG_KLP_BUILD Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 57/63] kbuild,objtool: Defer objtool validation step for CONFIG_KLP_BUILD Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 58/63] livepatch/klp-build: Introduce fix-patch-lines script to avoid __LINE__ diff noise Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 59/63] livepatch/klp-build: Add stub init code for livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 60/63] livepatch/klp-build: Introduce klp-build script for generating " Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 61/63] livepatch/klp-build: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 62/63] livepatch/klp-build: Add --show-first-changed option to show function divergence Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 16:04 ` [PATCH v4 63/63] livepatch: Introduce source code helpers for livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-18 16:32 ` [PATCH v4 00/63] objtool,livepatch: klp-build livepatch module generation Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-07 17:38 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-10-10 7:30 ` Petr Mladek
2025-10-11 0:54 ` Josh Poimboeuf
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