linux/tools/objtool
Josh Poimboeuf 1ea786097c objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries
create_fake_symbols() sizes each ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL entry from the
offset of the next annotation, falling back to the end of the section
for the last entry.  But the last entry is detected by a zero size,
which also happens for an *empty* entry: ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, "", ft)
still annotates its zero-length replacement, at the same offset as the
next entry's annotation.

So every empty replacement gets a fake symbol spanning the entire rest
of .altinstr_replacement.  That's harmless today only because
find_symbol_containing() picks the smaller of two overlapping symbols.

Track whether a next annotation was found rather than inferring it from
the size.  A zero-length fake symbol is fine: find_symbol_containing()
skips those, so the properly sized symbol at the same offset still wins.

Fixes: dd590d4d57 ("objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files")
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/913e691c5009397df832c7c9a18cd5cf71b42737.1786138493.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
2026-08-11 15:04:57 -07:00
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arch objtool/klp: Fix position-dependent checksums for non-relocated jumps/calls 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
Documentation Revert "objtool: Warn on functions with ambiguous -ffunction-sections section names" 2025-11-21 10:04:10 +01:00
include/objtool objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
.gitignore objtool: Add Function to get the name of a CPU feature 2025-11-24 20:39:47 +01:00
Build objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
builtin-check.c objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
builtin-klp.c objtool/klp: Add "objtool klp checksum" subcommand 2026-05-04 21:16:05 -07:00
check.c objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
disas.c objtool: Add insn_sym() helper 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
elf.c objtool/klp: Fix false module dependencies caused by dead relocs 2026-08-03 07:12:38 +02:00
klp-checksum.c objtool/klp: Fix position-dependent checksums for non-relocated jumps/calls 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
klp-diff.c objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries 2026-08-11 15:04:57 -07:00
klp-post-link.c objtool/klp: Add post-link subcommand to finalize livepatch modules 2025-10-14 14:50:18 -07:00
klp-symid.c objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux .klp.symid link error for .no_trim_symbol symbols 2026-08-11 15:04:57 -07:00
klp-sympos.c objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
Makefile objtool: Include libsubcmd headers directly from source tree 2026-05-04 21:16:04 -07:00
noreturns.h x86/smpboot: Mark native_play_dead() as __noreturn 2025-10-30 08:29:41 -07:00
objtool.c objtool/klp: Add correlation debugging output 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
orc_dump.c objtool: Add annotype() helper 2025-10-14 14:46:49 -07:00
orc_gen.c objtool: Add annotype() helper 2025-10-14 14:46:49 -07:00
signal.c objtool: Add more robust signal error handling, detect and warn about stack overflows 2025-12-03 19:42:37 +01:00
special.c objtool: Provide access to feature and flags of group alternatives 2025-11-21 15:30:14 +01:00
sync-check.sh objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files 2025-10-14 14:50:18 -07:00
trace.c objtool: Add insn_sym() helper 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
weak.c objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files 2025-10-14 14:50:18 -07:00