linux.git/tools/objtool/elf.c, branch v5.18 Clone of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git objtool: Fix code relocs vs weak symbols 2022-04-22T10:13:55+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2022-04-17T15:03:36+00:00 4abff6d48dbcea8200c7ea35ba70c242d128ebf3 Occasionally objtool driven code patching (think .static_call_sites .retpoline_sites etc..) goes sideways and it tries to patch an instruction that doesn't match. Much head-scatching and cursing later the problem is as outlined below and affects every section that objtool generates for us, very much including the ORC data. The below uses .static_call_sites because it's convenient for demonstration purposes, but as mentioned the ORC sections, .retpoline_sites and __mount_loc are all similarly affected. Consider: foo-weak.c: extern void __SCT__foo(void); __attribute__((weak)) void foo(void) { return __SCT__foo(); } foo.c: extern void __SCT__foo(void); extern void my_foo(void); void foo(void) { my_foo(); return __SCT__foo(); } These generate the obvious code (gcc -O2 -fcf-protection=none -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -c foo*.c): foo-weak.o: 0000000000000000 <foo>: 0: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq 5 <foo+0x5> 1: R_X86_64_PLT32 __SCT__foo-0x4 foo.o: 0000000000000000 <foo>: 0: 48 83 ec 08 sub $0x8,%rsp 4: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 9 <foo+0x9> 5: R_X86_64_PLT32 my_foo-0x4 9: 48 83 c4 08 add $0x8,%rsp d: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq 12 <foo+0x12> e: R_X86_64_PLT32 __SCT__foo-0x4 Now, when we link these two files together, you get something like (ld -r -o foos.o foo-weak.o foo.o): foos.o: 0000000000000000 <foo-0x10>: 0: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq 5 <foo-0xb> 1: R_X86_64_PLT32 __SCT__foo-0x4 5: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 nopw %cs:0x0(%rax,%rax,1) f: 90 nop 0000000000000010 <foo>: 10: 48 83 ec 08 sub $0x8,%rsp 14: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 19 <foo+0x9> 15: R_X86_64_PLT32 my_foo-0x4 19: 48 83 c4 08 add $0x8,%rsp 1d: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq 22 <foo+0x12> 1e: R_X86_64_PLT32 __SCT__foo-0x4 Noting that ld preserves the weak function text, but strips the symbol off of it (hence objdump doing that funny negative offset thing). This does lead to 'interesting' unused code issues with objtool when ran on linked objects, but that seems to be working (fingers crossed). So far so good.. Now lets consider the objtool static_call output section (readelf output, old binutils): foo-weak.o: Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x2c8 contains 1 entry: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 0000000000000000 0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 .text + 0 0000000000000004 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 foo.o: Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x310 contains 2 entries: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 0000000000000000 0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 .text + d 0000000000000004 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 foos.o: Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x430 contains 4 entries: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 0000000000000000 0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 .text + 0 0000000000000004 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 0000000000000008 0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 .text + 1d 000000000000000c 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 So we have two patch sites, one in the dead code of the weak foo and one in the real foo. All is well. *HOWEVER*, when the toolchain strips unused section symbols it generates things like this (using new enough binutils): foo-weak.o: Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x2c8 contains 1 entry: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 0000000000000000 0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 foo + 0 0000000000000004 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 foo.o: Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x310 contains 2 entries: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 0000000000000000 0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 foo + d 0000000000000004 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 foos.o: Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x430 contains 4 entries: Offset Info Type Symbol's Value Symbol's Name + Addend 0000000000000000 0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 foo + 0 0000000000000004 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 0000000000000008 0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 foo + d 000000000000000c 0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32 0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1 And now we can see how that foos.o .static_call_sites goes side-ways, we now have _two_ patch sites in foo. One for the weak symbol at foo+0 (which is no longer a static_call site!) and one at foo+d which is in fact the right location. This seems to happen when objtool cannot find a section symbol, in which case it falls back to any other symbol to key off of, however in this case that goes terribly wrong! As such, teach objtool to create a section symbol when there isn't one. Fixes: 44f6a7c0755d ("objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section symbols") Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220419203807.655552918@infradead.org 
Occasionally objtool driven code patching (think .static_call_sites
.retpoline_sites etc..) goes sideways and it tries to patch an
instruction that doesn't match.

Much head-scatching and cursing later the problem is as outlined below
and affects every section that objtool generates for us, very much
including the ORC data. The below uses .static_call_sites because it's
convenient for demonstration purposes, but as mentioned the ORC
sections, .retpoline_sites and __mount_loc are all similarly affected.

Consider:

foo-weak.c:

  extern void __SCT__foo(void);

  __attribute__((weak)) void foo(void)
  {
	  return __SCT__foo();
  }

foo.c:

  extern void __SCT__foo(void);
  extern void my_foo(void);

  void foo(void)
  {
	  my_foo();
	  return __SCT__foo();
  }

These generate the obvious code
(gcc -O2 -fcf-protection=none -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -c foo*.c):

foo-weak.o:
0000000000000000 <foo>:
   0:   e9 00 00 00 00          jmpq   5 <foo+0x5>      1: R_X86_64_PLT32       __SCT__foo-0x4

foo.o:
0000000000000000 <foo>:
   0:   48 83 ec 08             sub    $0x8,%rsp
   4:   e8 00 00 00 00          callq  9 <foo+0x9>      5: R_X86_64_PLT32       my_foo-0x4
   9:   48 83 c4 08             add    $0x8,%rsp
   d:   e9 00 00 00 00          jmpq   12 <foo+0x12>    e: R_X86_64_PLT32       __SCT__foo-0x4

Now, when we link these two files together, you get something like
(ld -r -o foos.o foo-weak.o foo.o):

foos.o:
0000000000000000 <foo-0x10>:
   0:   e9 00 00 00 00          jmpq   5 <foo-0xb>      1: R_X86_64_PLT32       __SCT__foo-0x4
   5:   66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00   nopw   %cs:0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
   f:   90                      nop

0000000000000010 <foo>:
  10:   48 83 ec 08             sub    $0x8,%rsp
  14:   e8 00 00 00 00          callq  19 <foo+0x9>     15: R_X86_64_PLT32      my_foo-0x4
  19:   48 83 c4 08             add    $0x8,%rsp
  1d:   e9 00 00 00 00          jmpq   22 <foo+0x12>    1e: R_X86_64_PLT32      __SCT__foo-0x4

Noting that ld preserves the weak function text, but strips the symbol
off of it (hence objdump doing that funny negative offset thing). This
does lead to 'interesting' unused code issues with objtool when ran on
linked objects, but that seems to be working (fingers crossed).

So far so good.. Now lets consider the objtool static_call output
section (readelf output, old binutils):

foo-weak.o:

Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x2c8 contains 1 entry:
    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
0000000000000000  0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 .text + 0
0000000000000004  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1

foo.o:

Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x310 contains 2 entries:
    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
0000000000000000  0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 .text + d
0000000000000004  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1

foos.o:

Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x430 contains 4 entries:
    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
0000000000000000  0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 .text + 0
0000000000000004  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1
0000000000000008  0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 .text + 1d
000000000000000c  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1

So we have two patch sites, one in the dead code of the weak foo and one
in the real foo. All is well.

*HOWEVER*, when the toolchain strips unused section symbols it
generates things like this (using new enough binutils):

foo-weak.o:

Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x2c8 contains 1 entry:
    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
0000000000000000  0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 foo + 0
0000000000000004  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1

foo.o:

Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x310 contains 2 entries:
    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
0000000000000000  0000000200000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 foo + d
0000000000000004  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1

foos.o:

Relocation section '.rela.static_call_sites' at offset 0x430 contains 4 entries:
    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
0000000000000000  0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 foo + 0
0000000000000004  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1
0000000000000008  0000000100000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 foo + d
000000000000000c  0000000d00000002 R_X86_64_PC32          0000000000000000 __SCT__foo + 1

And now we can see how that foos.o .static_call_sites goes side-ways, we
now have _two_ patch sites in foo. One for the weak symbol at foo+0
(which is no longer a static_call site!) and one at foo+d which is in
fact the right location.

This seems to happen when objtool cannot find a section symbol, in which
case it falls back to any other symbol to key off of, however in this
case that goes terribly wrong!

As such, teach objtool to create a section symbol when there isn't
one.

Fixes: 44f6a7c0755d ("objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section symbols")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220419203807.655552918@infradead.org
objtool: Fix type of reloc::addend 2022-04-22T10:13:55+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2022-04-17T15:03:40+00:00 c087c6e7b551b7f208c0b852304f044954cf2bb3 Elf{32,64}_Rela::r_addend is of type: Elf{32,64}_Sword, that means that our reloc::addend needs to be long or face tuncation issues when we do elf_rebuild_reloc_section(): - 107: 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 movabs $0x0,%rax 109: R_X86_64_64 level4_kernel_pgt+0x80000067 + 107: 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 movabs $0x0,%rax 109: R_X86_64_64 level4_kernel_pgt-0x7fffff99 Fixes: 627fce14809b ("objtool: Add ORC unwind table generation") Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220419203807.596871927@infradead.org 
Elf{32,64}_Rela::r_addend is of type: Elf{32,64}_Sword, that means
that our reloc::addend needs to be long or face tuncation issues when
we do elf_rebuild_reloc_section():

  - 107:  48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   movabs $0x0,%rax        109: R_X86_64_64        level4_kernel_pgt+0x80000067
  + 107:  48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   movabs $0x0,%rax        109: R_X86_64_64        level4_kernel_pgt-0x7fffff99

Fixes: 627fce14809b ("objtool: Add ORC unwind table generation")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220419203807.596871927@infradead.org
objtool: Ignore extra-symbol code 2022-03-15T09:32:43+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2022-03-08T15:30:46+00:00 4adb23686795e9c88e3217b5d7b4524c0da9d04f There's a fun implementation detail on linking STB_WEAK symbols. When the linker combines two translation units, where one contains a weak function and the other an override for it. It simply strips the STB_WEAK symbol from the symbol table, but doesn't actually remove the code. The result is that when objtool is ran in a whole-archive kind of way, it will encounter *heaps* of unused (and unreferenced) code. All rudiments of weak functions. Additionally, when a weak implementation is split into a .cold subfunction that .cold symbol is left in place, even though completely unused. Teach objtool to ignore such rudiments by searching for symbol holes; that is, code ranges that fall outside the given symbol bounds. Specifically, ignore a sequence of unreachable instruction iff they occupy a single hole, additionally ignore any .cold subfunctions referenced. Both ld.bfd and ld.lld behave like this. LTO builds otoh can (and do) properly DCE weak functions. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154319.232019347@infradead.org 
There's a fun implementation detail on linking STB_WEAK symbols. When
the linker combines two translation units, where one contains a weak
function and the other an override for it. It simply strips the
STB_WEAK symbol from the symbol table, but doesn't actually remove the
code.

The result is that when objtool is ran in a whole-archive kind of way,
it will encounter *heaps* of unused (and unreferenced) code. All
rudiments of weak functions.

Additionally, when a weak implementation is split into a .cold
subfunction that .cold symbol is left in place, even though completely
unused.

Teach objtool to ignore such rudiments by searching for symbol holes;
that is, code ranges that fall outside the given symbol bounds.
Specifically, ignore a sequence of unreachable instruction iff they
occupy a single hole, additionally ignore any .cold subfunctions
referenced.

Both ld.bfd and ld.lld behave like this. LTO builds otoh can (and do)
properly DCE weak functions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154319.232019347@infradead.org
objtool: Add --dry-run 2022-03-15T09:32:32+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2022-03-08T15:30:13+00:00 f2d3a250897133cc36c13a641bd6a9b4dd5ad234 Add a --dry-run argument to skip writing the modifications. This is convenient for debugging. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154317.282720146@infradead.org 
Add a --dry-run argument to skip writing the modifications. This is
convenient for debugging.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154317.282720146@infradead.org
objtool: Fix pv_ops noinstr validation 2021-12-03T08:11:42+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2021-12-02T20:45:34+00:00 988f01683c7f2bf9f8fe2bae1cf4010fcd1baaf5 Boris reported that in one of his randconfig builds, objtool got infinitely stuck. Turns out there's trivial list corruption in the pv_ops tracking when a function is both in a static table and in a code assignment. Avoid re-adding function to the pv_ops[] lists when they're already on it. Fixes: db2b0c5d7b6f ("objtool: Support pv_opsindirect calls for noinstr") Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211202204534.GA16608@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net 
Boris reported that in one of his randconfig builds, objtool got
infinitely stuck. Turns out there's trivial list corruption in the
pv_ops tracking when a function is both in a static table and in a code
assignment.

Avoid re-adding function to the pv_ops[] lists when they're already on
it.

Fixes: db2b0c5d7b6f ("objtool: Support pv_opsindirect calls for noinstr")
Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211202204534.GA16608@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Merge tag 'objtool-core-2021-10-31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2021-11-01T20:24:43+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2021-11-01T20:24:43+00:00 43aa0a195f06101bcb5d8d711bba0dd24b33a1a0 Pull objtool updates from Thomas Gleixner: - Improve retpoline code patching by separating it from alternatives which reduces memory footprint and allows to do better optimizations in the actual runtime patching. - Add proper retpoline support for x86/BPF - Address noinstr warnings in x86/kvm, lockdep and paravirtualization code - Add support to handle pv_opsindirect calls in the noinstr analysis - Classify symbols upfront and cache the result to avoid redundant str*cmp() invocations. - Add a CFI hash to reduce memory consumption which also reduces runtime on a allyesconfig by ~50% - Adjust XEN code to make objtool handling more robust and as a side effect to prevent text fragmentation due to placement of the hypercall page. * tag 'objtool-core-2021-10-31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (41 commits) bpf,x86: Respect X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE* bpf,x86: Simplify computing label offsets x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd x86/alternative: Add debug prints to apply_retpolines() x86/alternative: Try inline spectre_v2=retpoline,amd x86/alternative: Handle Jcc __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support x86/retpoline: Create a retpoline thunk array x86/retpoline: Move the retpoline thunk declarations to nospec-branch.h x86/asm: Fixup odd GEN-for-each-reg.h usage x86/asm: Fix register order x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites objtool: Shrink struct instruction objtool: Explicitly avoid self modifying code in .altinstr_replacement objtool: Classify symbols objtool: Support pv_opsindirect calls for noinstr x86/xen: Rework the xen_{cpu,irq,mmu}_opsarrays x86/xen: Mark xen_force_evtchn_callback() noinstr x86/xen: Make irq_disable() noinstr ... 
Pull objtool updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Improve retpoline code patching by separating it from alternatives
   which reduces memory footprint and allows to do better optimizations
   in the actual runtime patching.

 - Add proper retpoline support for x86/BPF

 - Address noinstr warnings in x86/kvm, lockdep and paravirtualization
   code

 - Add support to handle pv_opsindirect calls in the noinstr analysis

 - Classify symbols upfront and cache the result to avoid redundant
   str*cmp() invocations.

 - Add a CFI hash to reduce memory consumption which also reduces
   runtime on a allyesconfig by ~50%

 - Adjust XEN code to make objtool handling more robust and as a side
   effect to prevent text fragmentation due to placement of the
   hypercall page.

* tag 'objtool-core-2021-10-31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (41 commits)
  bpf,x86: Respect X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE*
  bpf,x86: Simplify computing label offsets
  x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd
  x86/alternative: Add debug prints to apply_retpolines()
  x86/alternative: Try inline spectre_v2=retpoline,amd
  x86/alternative: Handle Jcc __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg
  x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support
  x86/retpoline: Create a retpoline thunk array
  x86/retpoline: Move the retpoline thunk declarations to nospec-branch.h
  x86/asm: Fixup odd GEN-for-each-reg.h usage
  x86/asm: Fix register order
  x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols
  objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites
  objtool: Shrink struct instruction
  objtool: Explicitly avoid self modifying code in .altinstr_replacement
  objtool: Classify symbols
  objtool: Support pv_opsindirect calls for noinstr
  x86/xen: Rework the xen_{cpu,irq,mmu}_opsarrays
  x86/xen: Mark xen_force_evtchn_callback() noinstr
  x86/xen: Make irq_disable() noinstr
  ...
objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites 2021-10-28T21:25:25+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2021-10-26T12:01:36+00:00 134ab5bd1883312d7a4b3033b05c6b5a1bb8889b Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as it pleases. Simpler code all-round. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org 
Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all
the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as
it pleases. Simpler code all-round.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org
objtool: Update section header before relocations 2021-10-07T03:11:57+00:00 Michael Forney mforney@mforney.org 2021-05-09T00:01:03+00:00 86e1e054e0d2105cf32b0266cf1a64e6c26424f7 The libelf implementation from elftoolchain has a safety check in gelf_update_rel[a] to check that the data corresponds to a section that has type SHT_REL[A] [0]. If the relocation is updated before the section header is updated with the proper type, this check fails. To fix this, update the section header first, before the relocations. Previously, the section size was calculated in elf_rebuild_reloc_section by counting the number of entries in the reloc_list. However, we now need the size during elf_write so instead keep a running total and add to it for every new relocation. [0] https://sourceforge.net/p/elftoolchain/mailman/elftoolchain-developers/thread/CAGw6cBtkZro-8wZMD2ULkwJ39J+tHtTtAWXufMjnd3cQ7XG54g@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210509000103.11008-2-mforney@mforney.org 
The libelf implementation from elftoolchain has a safety check in
gelf_update_rel[a] to check that the data corresponds to a section
that has type SHT_REL[A] [0]. If the relocation is updated before
the section header is updated with the proper type, this check
fails.

To fix this, update the section header first, before the relocations.
Previously, the section size was calculated in elf_rebuild_reloc_section
by counting the number of entries in the reloc_list. However, we
now need the size during elf_write so instead keep a running total
and add to it for every new relocation.

[0] https://sourceforge.net/p/elftoolchain/mailman/elftoolchain-developers/thread/CAGw6cBtkZro-8wZMD2ULkwJ39J+tHtTtAWXufMjnd3cQ7XG54g@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210509000103.11008-2-mforney@mforney.org
objtool: Check for gelf_update_rel[a] failures 2021-10-07T03:11:53+00:00 Michael Forney mforney@mforney.org 2021-05-09T00:01:02+00:00 b46179d6bb3182c020f2bf9bb4df6ba5463b0495 Otherwise, if these fail we end up with garbage data in the .rela.orc_unwind_ip section, leading to errors like ld: fs/squashfs/namei.o: bad reloc symbol index (0x7f16 >= 0x12) for offset 0x7f16d5c82cc8 in section `.orc_unwind_ip' Signed-off-by: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210509000103.11008-1-mforney@mforney.org 
Otherwise, if these fail we end up with garbage data in the
.rela.orc_unwind_ip section, leading to errors like

  ld: fs/squashfs/namei.o: bad reloc symbol index (0x7f16 >= 0x12) for offset 0x7f16d5c82cc8 in section `.orc_unwind_ip'

Signed-off-by: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210509000103.11008-1-mforney@mforney.org
objtool: Remove redundant 'len' field from struct section 2021-10-05T19:03:21+00:00 Joe Lawrence joe.lawrence@redhat.com 2021-08-22T22:50:37+00:00 fe255fe6ad97685e5a4be0d871f43288dbc10ad6 The section structure already contains sh_size, so just remove the extra 'len' member that requires extra mirroring and potential confusion. Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210822225037.54620-3-joe.lawrence@redhat.com Cc: Andy Lavr <andy.lavr@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 
The section structure already contains sh_size, so just remove the extra
'len' member that requires extra mirroring and potential confusion.

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210822225037.54620-3-joe.lawrence@redhat.com
Cc: Andy Lavr <andy.lavr@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org