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James Clark 0f892fd1bd perf tests: Fix flaky test 'Object code reading'
This test occasionally fails on aarch64 when a sample is taken in
free@plt and it fails with "Bytes read differ from those read by
objdump".

This is because that symbol is near a section boundary in the elf file.
Despite the -z option to always output zeros, objdump uses
bfd_map_over_sections() to iterate through the elf file so it doesn't
see outside of the sections where these zeros are and can't print them.

For example this boundary proceeds free@plt in libc with a gap of 48
bytes between .plt and .text:

  objdump -d -z --start-address=0x23cc8 --stop-address=0x23d08 libc-2.30.so

  libc-2.30.so:     file format elf64-littleaarch64

  Disassembly of section .plt:

  0000000000023cc8 <*ABS*+0x7fd00@plt+0x8>:
     23cc8:	91018210 	add	x16, x16, #0x60
     23ccc:	d61f0220 	br	x17

  Disassembly of section .text:

  0000000000023d00 <abort@@GLIBC_2.17-0x98>:
     23d00:	a9bf7bfd 	stp	x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
     23d04:	910003fd 	mov	x29, sp

Taking a sample in free@plt is very rare because it is so small, but the
test can be forced to fail almost every time on any platform by linking
the test with a shared library that has a single empty function and
calling it in a loop.

The fix is to zero the buffers so that when there is a jump in the
addresses output by objdump, zeros are already filled in between.

Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210906152238.3415467-1-james.clark@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
arch A set of fixes for X86: 2021-09-26 10:09:20 -07:00
block SCSI fixes on 20210925 2021-09-25 16:05:56 -07:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-08-30 12:57:10 -07:00
Documentation A set of fixes for interrupt chip drivers: 2021-09-26 09:55:22 -07:00
drivers Fix two EDAC drivers using the wrong value type for the DIMM mode. 2021-09-26 12:18:10 -07:00
fs Five fixes for the ksmbd kernel server, including three security fixes: removing follow symlinks support and converting to use LOOKUP_BENEATH to prevent out of share access, and a compounding security fix, also includes a fix for FILE_STREAM_INFORMATION fixing a bug when writing ppt or doc files from some clients 2021-09-26 12:46:45 -07:00
include A set of fixes for X86: 2021-09-26 10:09:20 -07:00
init Merge branch 'work.init' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2021-09-24 10:18:07 -07:00
ipc ipc: remove memcg accounting for sops objects in do_semtimedop() 2021-09-14 10:22:11 -07:00
kernel A single fix for the recently introduced regression in posix CPU timers 2021-09-26 10:00:16 -07:00
lib lib/zlib_inflate/inffast: check config in C to avoid unused function warning 2021-09-24 16:13:35 -07:00
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mm mm: fix uninitialized use in overcommit_policy_handler 2021-09-24 16:13:35 -07:00
net nexthop: Fix memory leaks in nexthop notification chain listeners 2021-09-23 12:33:22 +01:00
samples kgdb patches for 5.15 2021-09-07 12:08:04 -07:00
scripts kasan: always respect CONFIG_KASAN_STACK 2021-09-24 16:13:35 -07:00
security selinux,smack: fix subjective/objective credential use mixups 2021-09-23 12:30:59 -04:00
sound sound fixes for 5.15-rc1 2021-09-09 16:05:10 -07:00
tools perf tests: Fix flaky test 'Object code reading' 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt KVM: Drop unused kvm_dirty_gfn_invalid() 2021-09-06 08:23:46 -04:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS SCSI fixes on 20210925 2021-09-25 16:05:56 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.15-rc3 2021-09-26 14:08:19 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.