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>
Subject: [PATCH v2 38/62] objtool: Generalize elf_create_section()
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 13:17:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d4a18b96db831ea31d2f8781b39fa9a3d1ebc749.1746821544.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1746821544.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
In preparation for the objtool klp diff subcommand, broaden the
elf_create_section() interface to give callers more control and reduce
duplication of some subtle setup logic.
While at it, make elf_create_rela_section() public so sections can be
created by the upcoming klp diff code.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 118 ++++++++++++++++------------
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 7 +-
tools/objtool/orc_gen.c | 6 +-
3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 38bf9ae86c89..c38b109f441f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1136,51 +1136,53 @@ static int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *s
}
struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
- size_t entsize, unsigned int nr)
+ size_t size, size_t entsize,
+ unsigned int type, unsigned int align,
+ unsigned int flags)
{
struct section *sec, *shstrtab;
- size_t size = entsize * nr;
Elf_Scn *s;
- sec = malloc(sizeof(*sec));
- if (!sec) {
- ERROR_GLIBC("malloc");
+ if (name && find_section_by_name(elf, name)) {
+ ERROR("section '%s' already exists", name);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ sec = calloc(1, sizeof(*sec));
+ if (!sec) {
+ ERROR_GLIBC("calloc");
return NULL;
}
- memset(sec, 0, sizeof(*sec));
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sec->symbol_list);
+ /* don't actually create the section, just the data structures */
+ if (type == SHT_NULL)
+ goto add;
+
s = elf_newscn(elf->elf);
if (!s) {
ERROR_ELF("elf_newscn");
return NULL;
}
- sec->name = strdup(name);
- if (!sec->name) {
- ERROR_GLIBC("strdup");
- return NULL;
- }
-
sec->idx = elf_ndxscn(s);
- sec->data = elf_newdata(s);
- if (!sec->data) {
- ERROR_ELF("elf_newdata");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- sec->data->d_size = size;
- sec->data->d_align = 1;
-
if (size) {
- sec->data->d_buf = malloc(size);
- if (!sec->data->d_buf) {
- ERROR_GLIBC("malloc");
+ sec->data = elf_newdata(s);
+ if (!sec->data) {
+ ERROR_ELF("elf_newdata");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ sec->data->d_size = size;
+ sec->data->d_align = 1;
+
+ sec->data->d_buf = calloc(1, size);
+ if (!sec->data->d_buf) {
+ ERROR_GLIBC("calloc");
return NULL;
}
- memset(sec->data->d_buf, 0, size);
}
if (!gelf_getshdr(s, &sec->sh)) {
@@ -1190,34 +1192,44 @@ struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
sec->sh.sh_size = size;
sec->sh.sh_entsize = entsize;
- sec->sh.sh_type = SHT_PROGBITS;
- sec->sh.sh_addralign = 1;
- sec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_ALLOC;
+ sec->sh.sh_type = type;
+ sec->sh.sh_addralign = align;
+ sec->sh.sh_flags = flags;
- /* Add section name to .shstrtab (or .strtab for Clang) */
- shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".shstrtab");
- if (!shstrtab)
- shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".strtab");
- if (!shstrtab) {
- ERROR("can't find .shstrtab or .strtab section");
- return NULL;
+ if (name) {
+ sec->name = strdup(name);
+ if (!sec->name) {
+ ERROR("strdup");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /* Add section name to .shstrtab (or .strtab for Clang) */
+ shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".shstrtab");
+ if (!shstrtab) {
+ shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".strtab");
+ if (!shstrtab) {
+ ERROR("can't find .shstrtab or .strtab");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ sec->sh.sh_name = elf_add_string(elf, shstrtab, sec->name);
+ if (sec->sh.sh_name == -1)
+ return NULL;
+
+ elf_hash_add(section_name, &sec->name_hash, str_hash(sec->name));
}
- sec->sh.sh_name = elf_add_string(elf, shstrtab, sec->name);
- if (sec->sh.sh_name == -1)
- return NULL;
+add:
list_add_tail(&sec->list, &elf->sections);
elf_hash_add(section, &sec->hash, sec->idx);
- elf_hash_add(section_name, &sec->name_hash, str_hash(sec->name));
mark_sec_changed(elf, sec, true);
return sec;
}
-static struct section *elf_create_rela_section(struct elf *elf,
- struct section *sec,
- unsigned int reloc_nr)
+struct section *elf_create_rela_section(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
+ unsigned int reloc_nr)
{
struct section *rsec;
char *rsec_name;
@@ -1230,22 +1242,23 @@ static struct section *elf_create_rela_section(struct elf *elf,
strcpy(rsec_name, ".rela");
strcat(rsec_name, sec->name);
- rsec = elf_create_section(elf, rsec_name, elf_rela_size(elf), reloc_nr);
+ rsec = elf_create_section(elf, rsec_name, reloc_nr * elf_rela_size(elf),
+ elf_rela_size(elf), SHT_RELA, elf_addr_size(elf),
+ SHF_INFO_LINK);
free(rsec_name);
if (!rsec)
return NULL;
- rsec->data->d_type = ELF_T_RELA;
- rsec->sh.sh_type = SHT_RELA;
- rsec->sh.sh_addralign = elf_addr_size(elf);
rsec->sh.sh_link = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab")->idx;
rsec->sh.sh_info = sec->idx;
- rsec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_INFO_LINK;
- rsec->relocs = calloc(sec_num_entries(rsec), sizeof(struct reloc));
- if (!rsec->relocs) {
- ERROR_GLIBC("calloc");
- return NULL;
+ if (reloc_nr) {
+ rsec->data->d_type = ELF_T_RELA;
+ rsec->relocs = calloc(sec_num_entries(rsec), sizeof(struct reloc));
+ if (!rsec->relocs) {
+ ERROR_GLIBC("calloc");
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
sec->rsec = rsec;
@@ -1260,7 +1273,8 @@ struct section *elf_create_section_pair(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
{
struct section *sec;
- sec = elf_create_section(elf, name, entsize, nr);
+ sec = elf_create_section(elf, name, nr * entsize, entsize,
+ SHT_PROGBITS, 1, SHF_ALLOC);
if (!sec)
return NULL;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index ffdf9ec3882e..b366516b119d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -116,11 +116,16 @@ struct elf {
struct elf *elf_open_read(const char *name, int flags);
struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
- size_t entsize, unsigned int nr);
+ size_t size, size_t entsize,
+ unsigned int type, unsigned int align,
+ unsigned int flags);
struct section *elf_create_section_pair(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
size_t entsize, unsigned int nr,
unsigned int reloc_nr);
+struct section *elf_create_rela_section(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
+ unsigned int reloc_nr);
+
struct symbol *elf_create_symbol(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
struct section *sec, unsigned int bind,
unsigned int type, unsigned long offset,
diff --git a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
index 6eff3d6a125c..9d380abc2ed3 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ int orc_create(struct objtool_file *file)
return -1;
}
orc_sec = elf_create_section(file->elf, ".orc_unwind",
- sizeof(struct orc_entry), nr);
+ nr * sizeof(struct orc_entry),
+ sizeof(struct orc_entry),
+ SHT_PROGBITS,
+ 1,
+ SHF_ALLOC);
if (!orc_sec)
return -1;
--
2.49.0
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2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 07/62] elfnote: Change ELFNOTE() to use __UNIQUE_ID() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 08/62] kbuild: Remove 'kmod_' prefix from __KBUILD_MODNAME Josh Poimboeuf
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2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 10/62] x86/alternative: Refactor INT3 call emulation selftest Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 11/62] objtool: Make find_symbol_containing() less arbitrary Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 12/62] objtool: Speed up SHT_GROUP reindexing Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 13/62] objtool: Fix broken error handling in read_symbols() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 14/62] objtool: Propagate elf_truncate_section() error in elf_write() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 15/62] objtool: Add empty symbols to the symbol tree again Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 16/62] objtool: Fix interval tree insertion for zero-length symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 17/62] objtool: Fix weak symbol detection Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 18/62] objtool: Fix x86 addend calculation Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 10:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-04 23:53 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 19/62] objtool: Fix __pa_symbol() relocation handling Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 20/62] objtool: Fix "unexpected end of section" warning for alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 21/62] objtool: Check for missing annotation entries in read_annotate() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 22/62] objtool: Const string cleanup Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 23/62] objtool: Clean up compiler flag usage Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 24/62] objtool: Remove .parainstructions reference Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 25/62] objtool: Convert elf iterator macros to use 'struct elf' Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 26/62] objtool: Add section/symbol type helpers Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 27/62] objtool: Mark .cold subfunctions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 28/62] objtool: Fix weak symbol hole detection for .cold functions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 10:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-04 23:56 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 29/62] objtool: Mark prefix functions Josh Poimboeuf
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2025-06-05 0:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-26 22:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 30/62] objtool: Simplify reloc offset calculation in unwind_read_hints() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 31/62] objtool: Avoid emptying lists for duplicate sections Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 32/62] objtool: Suppress section skipping warnings with --dryrun Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 10:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-28 10:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 0:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-05 7:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 14:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 16:18 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-05 0:14 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 33/62] objtool: Rename --Werror to --werror Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 34/62] objtool: Reindent check_options[] Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 35/62] objtool: Refactor add_jump_destinations() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-23 11:46 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-04 23:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 36/62] objtool: Simplify special symbol handling in elf_update_symbol() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 37/62] objtool: Generalize elf_create_symbol() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 39/62] objtool: Add elf_create_data() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 40/62] objtool: Introduce elf_create_reloc() and elf_init_reloc() Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 41/62] objtool: Add elf_create_file() Josh Poimboeuf
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2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 43/62] x86/alternative: Define ELF section entry size for alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
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2025-05-09 21:54 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 22:12 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 44/62] x86/jump_label: Define ELF section entry size for jump table Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 45/62] x86/extable: Define ELF section entry size for exception tables Josh Poimboeuf
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2025-06-06 7:48 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-07 1:26 ` Brian Gerst
2025-06-09 17:07 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 46/62] x86/bug: Define ELF section entry size for the bug table Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 47/62] x86/orc: Define ELF section entry size for unwind hints Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 48/62] objtool: Make STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD consistent Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 49/62] kbuild,objtool: Defer objtool validation step for CONFIG_LIVEPATCH Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-28 14:45 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-06 0:37 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 50/62] objtool/klp: Add --checksum option to generate per-function checksums Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 51/62] objtool/klp: Add --debug-checksum=<funcs> to show per-instruction checksums Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 52/62] objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-13 14:49 ` laokz
2025-05-13 20:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-14 10:32 ` laokz
2025-05-26 18:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 0:36 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 18:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-26 18:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 7:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 18:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 20:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 18:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 21:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-26 18:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-06-05 22:07 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-09 18:32 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-09 23:21 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-10 12:39 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-10 20:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 53/62] objtool/klp: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 54/62] objtool/klp: Add post-link subcommand to finalize livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-26 23:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 55/62] objtool: Disallow duplicate prefix symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 56/62] objtool: Add base objtool support for livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 57/62] livepatch/klp-build: Introduce fix-patch-lines script to avoid __LINE__ diff noise Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 58/62] livepatch/klp-build: Add stub init code for livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 59/62] livepatch/klp-build: Introduce klp-build script for generating " Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-06 13:05 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-06 19:03 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-06 20:28 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-06 20:53 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-06 20:58 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-06 21:35 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-09 21:20 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-09 23:59 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-10 2:05 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-10 2:14 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-10 15:41 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-10 2:34 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-10 16:10 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-11 18:44 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-11 19:08 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-11 19:21 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-11 21:44 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-11 23:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-12 18:25 ` Joe Lawrence
2025-06-18 22:38 ` Dylan Hatch
2025-06-26 23:27 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 60/62] livepatch/klp-build: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 61/62] livepatch/klp-build: Add --show-first-changed option to show function divergence Josh Poimboeuf
2025-05-09 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 62/62] livepatch: Introduce source code helpers for livepatch modules Josh Poimboeuf
2025-06-12 20:56 ` [PATCH v2 00/62] objtool,livepatch: klp-build livepatch module generation Josh Poimboeuf
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