linux-hardening - [RFC PATCH v2 03/21] kallsyms: Ignore __kcfi_typeid

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Message-Id: <20220513202159.1550547-4-samitolvanen@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 May 2022 13:21:41 -0700
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Joao Moreira <joao@...rdrivepizza.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 03/21] kallsyms: Ignore __kcfi_typeid_

The compiler generates CFI type identifier symbols for annotating
assembly functions at link time. Ignore them in kallsyms.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
---
 scripts/kallsyms.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 8caabddf817c..eebd02e4b832 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static bool is_ignored_symbol(const char *name, char type)
 		"__ThumbV7PILongThunk_",
 		"__LA25Thunk_",		/* mips lld */
 		"__microLA25Thunk_",
+		"__kcfi_typeid_",	/* CFI type identifiers */
 		NULL
 	};
 
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