[PATCH 09/14] objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries
Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 20:24:31 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-modules,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.live-patching |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <d0c17b588f120a9b641857de7a5335e9e2618cc1.1785727106.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> |
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: dd590d4d57eb ("objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
---
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index c5284d275207..257e7f924928 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -1628,6 +1628,7 @@ static int create_fake_symbols(struct elf *elf)
for_each_reloc(sec->rsec, reloc) {
unsigned long offset, size;
struct reloc *next_reloc;
+ bool last = true;
if (annotype(elf, sec, reloc) != ANNOTYPE_DATA_SPECIAL)
continue;
@@ -1642,10 +1643,11 @@ static int create_fake_symbols(struct elf *elf)
continue;
size = reloc_addend(next_reloc) - offset;
+ last = false;
break;
}
- if (!size)
+ if (last)
size = sec_size(reloc->sym->sec) - offset;
if (create_fake_symbol(elf, reloc->sym->sec, offset, size))
--
2.54.0