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 19/63] objtool: Fix weak symbol detection
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:03:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e6667f985a2d93db64f24122822ea1ca95409530.1758067943.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1758067942.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
find_symbol_hole_containing() fails to find a symbol hole (aka stripped
weak symbol) if its section has no symbols before the hole. This breaks
weak symbol detection if -ffunction-sections is enabled.
Fix that by allowing the interval tree to contain section symbols, which
are always at offset zero for a given section.
Fixes a bunch of (-ffunction-sections) warnings like:
vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x64_sys_io_setup+0x10: unreachable instruction
Fixes: 4adb23686795 ("objtool: Ignore extra-symbol code")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index c024937eb12a2..d7fb3d0b05cf1 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct symbol_hole {
};
/*
- * Find !section symbol where @offset is after it.
+ * Find the last symbol before @offset.
*/
static int symbol_hole_by_offset(const void *key, const struct rb_node *node)
{
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ static int symbol_hole_by_offset(const void *key, const struct rb_node *node)
return -1;
if (sh->key >= s->offset + s->len) {
- if (s->type != STT_SECTION)
- sh->sym = s;
+ sh->sym = s;
return 1;
}
@@ -428,7 +427,8 @@ static void elf_add_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
sym->len = sym->sym.st_size;
__sym_for_each(iter, &sym->sec->symbol_tree, sym->offset, sym->offset) {
- if (iter->offset == sym->offset && iter->type == sym->type)
+ if (iter->offset == sym->offset && iter->type == sym->type &&
+ iter->len == sym->len)
iter->alias = sym;
}
--
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 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
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 ` [PATCH v4 52/63] objtool/klp: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions Josh Poimboeuf
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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