linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: Add missing endianess conversion when checking annations

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Message-ID: <yt9d1pqz6ll0.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:30:51 +0200
From: Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Add missing endianess conversion when checking
 annations

Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com> writes:

> cross-compiling a kernel for x86 on s390 produces the following warning:
>
> drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-core.o: warning: objtool: mc13xxx_reg_rmw+0xc: Unknown annotation type: 50331648
>
> Fix this by adding the required endianess conversion.
>
> Fixes: 2116b349e29a ("objtool: Generic annotation infrastructure")
> Reported-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/objtool/check.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> index b21b12ec88d9..35fb871b2c62 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ static int read_annotate(struct objtool_file *file,
>  	}
>  
>  	for_each_reloc(sec->rsec, reloc) {
> -		type = *(u32 *)(sec->data->d_buf + (reloc_idx(reloc) * sec->sh.sh_entsize) + 4);
> +		type = bswap_if_needed(file->elf, *(u32 *)(sec->data->d_buf + (reloc_idx(reloc) * sec->sh.sh_entsize) + 4));
>  
>  		offset = reloc->sym->offset + reloc_addend(reloc);
>  		insn = find_insn(file, reloc->sym->sec, offset);

Gentle ping?