linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 2/3] objtool: Find relocation base section using sh

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Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 09:42:32 -0700
From:   Matt Helsley <mhelsley@...are.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Matt Helsley <mhelsley@...are.com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] objtool: Find relocation base section using sh_info

Currently objtool uses a naming heuristic to find the "base"
section to apply the relocation(s) to. The standard defines
the SHF_INFO_LINK flag (SHF => in the section header flags)
which indicates when the section header's sh_info field can
be used to find the necessary section.

Warns when the heuristic is used as a fallback and changes
the name heuristic calculation to handle rela (explicit
addend) and now rel (implicit addend) relocations.

Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <mhelsley@...are.com>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 6fb9f83f7f66..a162bc383945 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -502,7 +502,13 @@ static int read_relocs(struct elf *elf)
 		if (sec->sh.sh_type != SHT_RELA)
 			continue;
 
-		sec->base = find_section_by_name(elf, sec->name + 5);
+		if (sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_INFO_LINK) {
+			sec->base = find_section_by_index(elf, sec->sh.sh_info);
+		} else if (strncmp(sec->name, ".rel", 4) == 0) {
+			WARN("Using naming heuristic to find base of reloc section %s",
+			     sec->name);
+			sec->base = find_section_by_name(elf, sec->name + 5);
+		}
 		if (!sec->base) {
 			WARN("can't find base section for reloc section %s",
 			     sec->name);
-- 
2.20.1