[PATCH 00/14] objtool/klp: sympos/module/alternative/etc fixes
Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 20:24:22 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-modules,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.live-patching |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This consolidates fixes for the klp-build issues reported by Joe over
the last several weeks, plus some more things I found while
testing/reviewing.
Fun stuff like symbol resolution, module dependencies, alternatives.
MODULE MAINTAINERS: see patches 7 and 8, you can probably ignore the
rest.
Joe Lawrence (2):
objtool/klp: Normalize Module.symvers paths to module names
objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports
Josh Poimboeuf (12):
objtool/klp: Fix module name normalization for paths with dots
objtool/klp: Fix false module dependencies caused by dead relocs
objtool/klp: Skip hidden directories when finding objects
objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation
objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols
module: Add module_kallsyms_on_each_core_symbol()
objtool/klp,livepatch: Resolve module symbols against core kallsyms
objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries
objtool/klp: Ignore replacement offset of empty x86 alternatives
objtool/klp: Explicitly disallow patching or referencing init
code/data
objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming
objtool/klp: Don't match local symbols against exports
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 10 +-
include/linux/module.h | 11 +
kernel/livepatch/core.c | 2 +-
kernel/module/kallsyms.c | 46 +++
scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o | 3 +
scripts/livepatch/klp-build | 17 +-
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 1 +
tools/objtool/Build | 4 +-
tools/objtool/arch/x86/special.c | 27 ++
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 7 +
tools/objtool/check.c | 7 +
tools/objtool/elf.c | 13 +
tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h | 1 +
tools/objtool/include/objtool/klp.h | 32 +-
tools/objtool/include/objtool/special.h | 7 +
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 192 ++++++-----
tools/objtool/klp-post-link.c | 53 +--
tools/objtool/klp-symid.c | 117 +++++++
tools/objtool/klp-sympos.c | 441 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
19 files changed, 877 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/objtool/klp-symid.c
create mode 100644 tools/objtool/klp-sympos.c
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