[PATCH] kexec_file: Drop weak attribute from arch_kexec_apply_relocations[_add]
Naveen N. Rao
naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed May 18 11:18:28 PDT 2022
Since commit d1bcae833b32f1 ("ELF: Don't generate unused section
symbols") [1], binutils (v2.36+) started dropping section symbols that
it thought were unused. This isn't an issue in general, but with
kexec_file.c, gcc is placing kexec_arch_apply_relocations[_add] into a
separate .text.unlikely section and the section symbol ".text.unlikely"
is being dropped. Due to this, recordmcount is unable to find a non-weak
symbol in .text.unlikely to generate a relocation record against.
Address this by dropping the weak attribute from these functions:
- arch_kexec_apply_relocations() is not overridden by any architecture
today, so just drop the weak attribute.
- arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add() is only overridden by x86 and s390.
Retain the function prototype for those and move the weak
implementation into the header as a static inline for other
architectures.
[1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=d1bcae833b32f1
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
include/linux/kexec.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
kernel/kexec_file.c | 19 +------------------
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 58d1b58a971e34..e656f981f43a73 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -193,10 +193,6 @@ void *kexec_purgatory_get_symbol_addr(struct kimage *image, const char *name);
int arch_kexec_kernel_image_probe(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
unsigned long buf_len);
void *arch_kexec_kernel_image_load(struct kimage *image);
-int arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi,
- Elf_Shdr *section,
- const Elf_Shdr *relsec,
- const Elf_Shdr *symtab);
int arch_kexec_apply_relocations(struct purgatory_info *pi,
Elf_Shdr *section,
const Elf_Shdr *relsec,
@@ -229,6 +225,30 @@ extern int crash_exclude_mem_range(struct crash_mem *mem,
unsigned long long mend);
extern int crash_prepare_elf64_headers(struct crash_mem *mem, int kernel_map,
void **addr, unsigned long *sz);
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_S390)
+int arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi,
+ Elf_Shdr *section,
+ const Elf_Shdr *relsec,
+ const Elf_Shdr *symtab);
+#else
+/*
+ * arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add - apply relocations of type RELA
+ * @pi: Purgatory to be relocated.
+ * @section: Section relocations applying to.
+ * @relsec: Section containing RELAs.
+ * @symtab: Corresponding symtab.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+static inline int
+arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section,
+ const Elf_Shdr *relsec, const Elf_Shdr *symtab)
+{
+ pr_err("RELA relocation unsupported.\n");
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 || CONFIG_S390 */
#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_ELF
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 8347fc158d2b96..6bae253b4d315e 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -108,23 +108,6 @@ int __weak arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
}
#endif
-/*
- * arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add - apply relocations of type RELA
- * @pi: Purgatory to be relocated.
- * @section: Section relocations applying to.
- * @relsec: Section containing RELAs.
- * @symtab: Corresponding symtab.
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
- */
-int __weak
-arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section,
- const Elf_Shdr *relsec, const Elf_Shdr *symtab)
-{
- pr_err("RELA relocation unsupported.\n");
- return -ENOEXEC;
-}
-
/*
* arch_kexec_apply_relocations - apply relocations of type REL
* @pi: Purgatory to be relocated.
@@ -134,7 +117,7 @@ arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section,
*
* Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
*/
-int __weak
+int
arch_kexec_apply_relocations(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section,
const Elf_Shdr *relsec, const Elf_Shdr *symtab)
{
base-commit: ef1302160bfb19f804451d0e919266703501c875
--
2.36.1
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