linux-kernel - [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool: Don't fail on missing symbol table

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:53:59 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool: Don't fail on missing symbol table

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     1d489151e9f9d1647110277ff77282fe4d96d09b
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/1d489151e9f9d1647110277ff77282fe4d96d09b
Author:        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:14:01 -06:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
CommitterDate: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:49:58 -06:00

objtool: Don't fail on missing symbol table

Thanks to a recent binutils change which doesn't generate unused
symbols, it's now possible for thunk_64.o be completely empty without
CONFIG_PREEMPTION: no text, no data, no symbols.

We could edit the Makefile to only build that file when
CONFIG_PREEMPTION is enabled, but that will likely create confusion
if/when the thunks end up getting used by some other code again.

Just ignore it and move on.

Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1254
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index f9682db..d8421e1 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -380,8 +380,11 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
 
 	symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab");
 	if (!symtab) {
-		WARN("missing symbol table");
-		return -1;
+		/*
+		 * A missing symbol table is actually possible if it's an empty
+		 * .o file.  This can happen for thunk_64.o.
+		 */
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	symtab_shndx = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab_shndx");