linux/tools
Josh Poimboeuf d8a2860b4a objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux klp relocations for EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES()
When a module function references a vmlinux symbol which is exported
with EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(), a patch to that function needs to use
a klp reloc.

Currently, livepatch fails to load such a module:

  livepatch: invalid access to vmlinux symbol 'get_task_policy' from module-specific livepatch relocation section
  livepatch: failed to initialize patch 'livepatch_test' for module 'testmod' (-22)
  livepatch: patch 'livepatch_test' failed for module 'testmod', refusing to load module 'testmod'

klp diff puts all klp relocs in __klp_relocs.<patched object>, so
post-link names the section .klp.rela.<patched object>.<secname>, which the
kernel rejects for vmlinux symbols.

Commit 07f14d6af9 ("objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation
section naming") changed the meaning of objname in the klp rela section
name to be where the referenced symbol is referenced rather than where
it lives.  That premise only holds for symbols in a module: the relocs
get applied when the patched module gets patched, and the module
dependency guarantees the referenced module is loaded by then.

A vmlinux symbol needs the opposite.  It's always resolvable, and it has
to be applied when the patch module loads, before the module loader
initializes the patch module's special sections, which may reference it.
That's why livepatch rejects vmlinux symbols in module-specific
sections.

Use "vmlinux" as the section objname when the referenced symbol lives in
vmlinux.  This moves such klp relocs from .klp.rela.kvm..text to
.klp.rela.vmlinux..text.

Fixes: 07f14d6af9 ("objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming")
Reported-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/f8e3b9fae109903a6aafb2a33310e4afdcebf58e.1786761327.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CADBMgpz7iWC0=t=_gE-tfvv0mTPq4kg0qQ2zgPH8DVPE6eQ9Kw@mail.gmail.com
2026-08-17 10:53:55 +02:00
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accounting tools/accounting/getdelays: fix -Wformat-truncation warning in format_timespec 2026-05-28 21:24:40 -07:00
arch tools headers: Sync KVM headers with the kernel sources 2026-07-21 21:00:10 -03:00
bootconfig Bootconfig updates for v7.2 2026-06-16 17:29:24 +05:30
bpf bpftool: Fix vmlinux BTF leak in cgroup commands 2026-06-21 18:02:10 -07:00
build perf tools changes for v7.2: 2026-06-23 11:34:49 -07:00
certs
cgroup
counter
crypto
debugging
dma
docs
firewire
firmware
gpio
hv
iio iio: core: Add IIO_COVERAGE channel type 2026-05-31 11:01:50 +01:00
include objtool/headers: Sync tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h with include/linux/objtool_types.h 2026-08-11 10:44:38 +02:00
kvm/kvm_stat
laptop
leds
lib A handful of late-arriving docs fixes, along with one document update 2026-06-25 09:09:38 -07:00
memory-model
mm slab changes for 7.2 - part 2 2026-06-22 08:28:48 -07:00
net tools/ynl: add missing uapi header deps in Makefile.deps 2026-06-24 19:30:55 -07:00
objtool objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux klp relocations for EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() 2026-08-17 10:53:55 +02:00
pcmcia
perf tools headers: Sync UAPI linux/fs.h with the kernel sources 2026-07-21 21:00:10 -03:00
power platform-drivers-x86 for v7.2-1 2026-06-23 08:31:33 -07:00
rcu
sched
sched_ext tools/sched_ext: scx - Fix cmask_subset(), cmask_equal() and cmask_weight() 2026-07-09 11:08:41 -10:00
scripts
sound
spi
testing 12 hotfixes. 6 are cc:stable. 9 are for MM. 2026-07-31 08:59:39 -07:00
thermal
time
tracing rtla/timerlat_top: Fix on-threshold actions firing on signal 2026-07-21 15:42:08 +02:00
unittests docs: kernel-doc: python: strip __counted_by_ptr macro 2026-05-15 08:11:36 -06:00
usb usbip: tools: support SuperSpeedPlus devices 2026-07-08 13:29:13 +02:00
verification verification/rvgen: Fix ltl2k writing True as a literal 2026-06-04 16:44:25 +02:00
virtio tools/virtio: add missing compat definitions for vhost_net_test 2026-07-01 19:02:56 -07:00
wmi
workqueue
writeback
Makefile