linux/scripts/module.lds.S
Petr Pavlu ab10815472 livepatch: Fix having __klp_objects relics in non-livepatch modules
The linker script scripts/module.lds.S specifies that all input
__klp_objects sections should be consolidated into an output section of
the same name, and start/stop symbols should be created to enable
scripts/livepatch/init.c to locate this data.

This start/stop pattern is not ideal for modules because the symbols are
created even if no __klp_objects input sections are present.
Consequently, a dummy __klp_objects section also appears in the
resulting module. This unnecessarily pollutes non-livepatch modules.

Instead, since modules are relocatable files, the usual method for
locating consolidated data in a module is to read its section table.
This approach avoids the aforementioned problem.

The klp_modinfo already stores a copy of the entire section table with
the final addresses. Introduce a helper function that
scripts/livepatch/init.c can call to obtain the location of the
__klp_objects section from this data.

Fixes: dd590d4d57 ("objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files")
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260123102825.3521961-2-petr.pavlu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
2026-02-05 08:00:44 -08:00

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ArmAsm

/*
* Common module linker script, always used when linking a module.
* Archs are free to supply their own linker scripts. ld will
* combine them automatically.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_UNWIND_TABLES
#define DISCARD_EH_FRAME
#else
#define DISCARD_EH_FRAME *(.eh_frame)
#endif
#include <asm-generic/codetag.lds.h>
SECTIONS {
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.discard)
*(.discard.*)
*(.export_symbol)
*(.no_trim_symbol)
}
__ksymtab 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(___ksymtab+*)) }
__ksymtab_gpl 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)) }
__kcrctab 0 : ALIGN(4) { *(SORT(___kcrctab+*)) }
__kcrctab_gpl 0 : ALIGN(4) { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*)) }
.ctors 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(.ctors.*)) *(.ctors) }
.init_array 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(.init_array.*)) *(.init_array) }
.altinstructions 0 : ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(.altinstructions)) }
__bug_table 0 : ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__bug_table)) }
__jump_table 0 : ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__jump_table)) }
__ex_table 0 : ALIGN(4) { KEEP(*(__ex_table)) }
__patchable_function_entries : { *(__patchable_function_entries) }
__klp_funcs 0: ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__klp_funcs)) }
__klp_objects 0: ALIGN(8) { KEEP(*(__klp_objects)) }
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_CFI_TRAPS
__kcfi_traps : { KEEP(*(.kcfi_traps)) }
#endif
.text : {
*(.text .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
}
.bss : {
*(.bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
*(.bss..L*)
}
.data : {
*(.data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
*(.data..L*)
}
.rodata : {
*(.rodata .rodata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
*(.rodata..L*)
}
MOD_SEPARATE_CODETAG_SECTIONS()
}
/* bring in arch-specific sections */
#include <asm/module.lds.h>