objtool: Refactor prefix symbol creation code

The prefix symbol creation code currently ignores all errors, presumably
because some functions don't have the leading NOPs.

Shuffle the code around a bit, improve the error handling and document
why some errors are ignored.

Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Josh Poimboeuf
2025-09-17 09:04:02 -07:00
parent ebe864b553
commit 2058f6d166
3 changed files with 46 additions and 32 deletions

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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <objtool/special.h>
#include <objtool/warn.h>
#include <objtool/checksum.h>
#include <objtool/util.h>
#include <linux/objtool_types.h>
#include <linux/hashtable.h>
@@ -4233,37 +4234,71 @@ static bool ignore_unreachable_insn(struct objtool_file *file, struct instructio
return false;
}
static int add_prefix_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
/*
* For FineIBT or kCFI, a certain number of bytes preceding the function may be
* NOPs. Those NOPs may be rewritten at runtime and executed, so give them a
* proper function name: __pfx_<func>.
*
* The NOPs may not exist for the following cases:
*
* - compiler cloned functions (*.cold, *.part0, etc)
* - asm functions created with inline asm or without SYM_FUNC_START()
*
* So return 0 if the NOPs are missing or the function already has a prefix
* symbol.
*/
static int create_prefix_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
{
struct instruction *insn, *prev;
char name[SYM_NAME_LEN];
struct cfi_state *cfi;
insn = find_insn(file, func->sec, func->offset);
if (!insn)
if (!is_func_sym(func) || is_prefix_func(func) ||
func->cold || func->static_call_tramp)
return 0;
if ((strlen(func->name) + sizeof("__pfx_") > SYM_NAME_LEN)) {
WARN("%s: symbol name too long, can't create __pfx_ symbol",
func->name);
return 0;
}
if (snprintf_check(name, SYM_NAME_LEN, "__pfx_%s", func->name))
return -1;
insn = find_insn(file, func->sec, func->offset);
if (!insn) {
WARN("%s: can't find starting instruction", func->name);
return -1;
}
for (prev = prev_insn_same_sec(file, insn);
prev;
prev = prev_insn_same_sec(file, prev)) {
u64 offset;
if (prev->type != INSN_NOP)
return -1;
return 0;
offset = func->offset - prev->offset;
if (offset > opts.prefix)
return -1;
return 0;
if (offset < opts.prefix)
continue;
elf_create_prefix_symbol(file->elf, func, opts.prefix);
if (!elf_create_symbol(file->elf, name, func->sec,
GELF_ST_BIND(func->sym.st_info),
GELF_ST_TYPE(func->sym.st_info),
prev->offset, opts.prefix))
return -1;
break;
}
if (!prev)
return -1;
return 0;
if (!insn->cfi) {
/*
@@ -4281,7 +4316,7 @@ static int add_prefix_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
return 0;
}
static int add_prefix_symbols(struct objtool_file *file)
static int create_prefix_symbols(struct objtool_file *file)
{
struct section *sec;
struct symbol *func;
@@ -4291,10 +4326,8 @@ static int add_prefix_symbols(struct objtool_file *file)
continue;
sec_for_each_sym(sec, func) {
if (!is_func_sym(func))
continue;
add_prefix_symbol(file, func);
if (create_prefix_symbol(file, func))
return -1;
}
}
@@ -4921,7 +4954,7 @@ int check(struct objtool_file *file)
}
if (opts.prefix) {
ret = add_prefix_symbols(file);
ret = create_prefix_symbols(file);
if (ret)
goto out;
}

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@@ -942,23 +942,6 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_section_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec)
return sym;
}
struct symbol *
elf_create_prefix_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *orig, size_t size)
{
size_t namelen = strlen(orig->name) + sizeof("__pfx_");
char name[SYM_NAME_LEN];
unsigned long offset;
snprintf(name, namelen, "__pfx_%s", orig->name);
offset = orig->sym.st_value - size;
return elf_create_symbol(elf, name, orig->sec,
GELF_ST_BIND(orig->sym.st_info),
GELF_ST_TYPE(orig->sym.st_info),
offset, size);
}
struct reloc *elf_init_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *rsec,
unsigned int reloc_idx, unsigned long offset,
struct symbol *sym, s64 addend, unsigned int type)

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@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_symbol(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
unsigned int type, unsigned long offset,
size_t size);
struct symbol *elf_create_section_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec);
struct symbol *elf_create_prefix_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *orig,
size_t size);
void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data,
size_t size);