linux-kernel - [tip: core/urgent] objtool: Tolerate STT

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Date:   Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:01:17 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Nicholas Piggin" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: core/urgent] objtool: Tolerate STT_NOTYPE symbols at end of section

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

Commit-ID:     cad90e5381d840cf2296aaac9b3eff71a30b7c5b
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/cad90e5381d840cf2296aaac9b3eff71a30b7c5b
Author:        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:13:23 +10:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:53:46 +01:00

objtool: Tolerate STT_NOTYPE symbols at end of section

Hand-written asm often contains non-function symbols in executable
sections. _end symbols for finding the size of instruction blocks
for runtime processing is one such usage.

optprobe_template_end is one example that causes the warning:

  objtool: optprobe_template_end(): can't find starting instruction

This is because the symbol happens to be at the end of the file (and
therefore end of a section in the object file).

So ignore end-of-section STT_NOTYPE symbols instead of bailing out
because an instruction can't be found. While we're here, add a more
descriptive warning for STT_FUNC symbols found at the end of a
section.

[ This also solves a PowerPC regression reported by Sathvika Vasireddy. ]

Reported-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221220101323.3119939-1-npiggin@gmail.com
---
 tools/objtool/check.c |  9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 4350be7..4b7c8b3 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -427,6 +427,15 @@ static int decode_instructions(struct objtool_file *file)
 			if (func->type != STT_NOTYPE && func->type != STT_FUNC)
 				continue;
 
+			if (func->offset == sec->sh.sh_size) {
+				/* Heuristic: likely an "end" symbol */
+				if (func->type == STT_NOTYPE)
+					continue;
+				WARN("%s(): STT_FUNC at end of section",
+				     func->name);
+				return -1;
+			}
+
 			if (func->return_thunk || func->alias != func)
 				continue;