linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] objtool: Warn on stripped section symbol

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:00:41 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] objtool: Warn on stripped section symbol

With the following fix:

  2a0098d70640 ("objtool: Fix seg fault with gold linker")

... a seg fault was avoided, but the original seg fault condition in
objtool wasn't fixed.  Replace the seg fault with an error message.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
---
 tools/objtool/orc_gen.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
index e61fe703197b..18384d9be4e1 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ static int create_orc_entry(struct section *u_sec, struct section *ip_relasec,
 	struct orc_entry *orc;
 	struct rela *rela;
 
+	if (!insn_sec->sym) {
+		WARN("missing symbol for section %s", insn_sec->name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	/* populate ORC data */
 	orc = (struct orc_entry *)u_sec->data->d_buf + idx;
 	memcpy(orc, o, sizeof(*orc));
-- 
2.14.3