linux/tools/objtool/klp-symid.c
Puranjay Mohan 6656cf1e97 objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux .klp.symid link error for .exitcall.exit symbols
Building a kernel via klp-build fails to link:

  `__exitcall_aes_mod_exit' referenced in section `.klp.symid' of vmlinux.o: defined in discarded section `.exitcall.exit' of vmlinux.o
  `__exitcall_dax_exit' referenced in section `.klp.symid' of vmlinux.o: defined in discarded section `.exitcall.exit' of vmlinux.o
  `__exitcall_hid_exit' referenced in section `.klp.symid' of vmlinux.o: defined in discarded section `.exitcall.exit' of vmlinux.o
  `__exitcall_usb_serial_module_exit' referenced in section `.klp.symid' of vmlinux.o: defined in discarded section `.exitcall.exit' of vmlinux.o

module_exit() on a built-in emits a static __exitcall_$fn pointer into
.exitcall.exit, which vmlinux.lds.h discards unconditionally via
EXIT_CALL.  When two built-in translation units define a module_exit()
function of the same name, the resulting local symbols collide,
symid_needed() sees a duplicate and emits a .klp.symid entry for each,
referencing symbols the linker then throws away.

Same-named module_exit() functions are not rare:

  dax_exit                drivers/dax/device.c, drivers/dax/fsdev.c
  hid_exit                drivers/hid/hid-core.c, drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
  aes_mod_exit            arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-glue.c, lib/crypto/aes.c
  usb_serial_module_exit  module_usb_serial_driver() expands to this fixed
                          name in each of its ~49 users

The last one makes the collision structural rather than accidental: any
kernel with two built-in USB serial drivers has it.  This is not arch
specific either; it only requires the objects to be built in rather than
modular, which is why a monolithic config trips it while a typical
distro config does not.

Add .exitcall.exit to the discarded section list so its symbols don't get
symids.

This is the same failure mode as "objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux .klp.symid
link error for .no_trim_symbol symbols", for another unconditionally
discarded allocated section.

Fixes: 029223d301 ("objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation")
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/m24igzlbxf.fsf@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
2026-08-12 13:33:32 -07:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
* Emit the .klp.symid table which allows "objtool klp diff" to reliably
* disambiguate duplicate-named local symbols in vmlinux.
*
* Livepatch identifies a duplicate-named symbol by its position (sympos)
* among the same-named kallsyms entries, counted in ascending address order
* in the final linked vmlinux. That order can't be derived from vmlinux.o
* alone: the final link reorders sub-sections (.text.unlikely*, .data..*,
* etc).
*
* Bridge the gap with a table which survives the final link: a single
* non-alloc section containing an array of { id, addr } entries, where
* 'id' is a unique counter identifier and 'addr' has a relocation to the
* symbol. The linker copies 'id' verbatim and resolves 'addr' to the symbol's
* final address.
*
* The table is only emitted for vmlinux.o, and only when klp-build asks for it
* with KLP_SYMIDS=1, which adds --klp-symids to the vmlinux.o objtool run.
*
* It can't survive --gc-sections, which sweeps the whole section; klp-build
* rejects CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION.
*/
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <objtool/objtool.h>
#include <objtool/warn.h>
#include <objtool/endianness.h>
#include <objtool/klp.h>
static const char * const discarded_secs[] = {
".discard",
".exitcall.exit",
".modinfo",
".no_trim_symbol",
"__tracepoint_check",
};
static bool discarded_sec(struct section *sec)
{
if (!(sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
return true;
for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(discarded_secs); i++)
if (strstarts(sec->name, discarded_secs[i]))
return true;
return false;
}
static bool symid_needed(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
{
struct symbol *s;
if (!is_local_sym(sym) || is_undef_sym(sym))
return false;
if (!is_func_sym(sym) && !is_object_sym(sym))
return false;
if (is_prefix_func(sym))
return false;
if (discarded_sec(sym->sec))
return false;
for_each_sym_by_name(elf, sym->name, s) {
if (s == sym || is_sec_sym(s) || is_file_sym(s) || is_undef_sym(s))
continue;
return true;
}
return false;
}
int klp_create_symid_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
{
struct elf *elf = file->elf;
struct klp_symid *symids;
struct section *sec;
struct symbol *sym;
u64 nr = 0, i = 0;
if (!str_ends_with(objname, "vmlinux.o"))
return 0;
for_each_sym(elf, sym)
if (symid_needed(elf, sym))
nr++;
if (!nr)
return 0;
sec = elf_create_section(elf, KLP_SYMID_SEC, 0, sizeof(struct klp_symid),
SHT_PROGBITS, 8, 0);
if (!sec)
return -1;
symids = elf_add_data(elf, sec, NULL, nr * sizeof(struct klp_symid));
if (!symids)
return -1;
for_each_sym(elf, sym) {
if (!symid_needed(elf, sym))
continue;
symids[i].id = bswap_if_needed(elf, i);
if (!elf_create_reloc(elf, sec,
i * sizeof(struct klp_symid) +
offsetof(struct klp_symid, addr),
sym, 0, R_ABS64))
return -1;
i++;
}
return 0;
}