linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section symbols

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Date:   Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:48:18 +0100 (CET)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section symbols

On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> The Clang assembler likes to strip section symbols, which means objtool
> can't reference some text code by its section.  This confuses objtool
> greatly, causing it to seg fault.
> 
> The fix is similar to what was done before, for ORC reloc generation:
> 
>   e81e07244325 ("objtool: Support Clang non-section symbols in ORC generation")
> 
> Factor out that code into a common helper and use it for static call
> reloc generation as well.
> 
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1207
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>

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