linux-kernel - [PATCH] objtool: Use '.strtab' if '.shstrtab' doesn't exist

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Date:   Mon,  9 Jul 2018 11:17:22 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] objtool: Use '.strtab' if '.shstrtab' doesn't exist

From: Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>

Clang puts its section header names in the '.strtab' section instead of
'.shstrtab', which causes objtool to fail with a "can't find
.shstrtab section" warning when attempting to write ORC metadata to an
object file.

If '.shstrtab' doesn't exist, use '.strtab' instead.

Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 0d1acb704f64..7ec85d567598 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -519,10 +519,12 @@ struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
 	sec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_ALLOC;
 
 
-	/* Add section name to .shstrtab */
+	/* Add section name to .shstrtab (or .strtab for Clang) */
 	shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".shstrtab");
+	if (!shstrtab)
+		shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".strtab");
 	if (!shstrtab) {
-		WARN("can't find .shstrtab section");
+		WARN("can't find .shstrtab or .strtab section");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.17.0