[PATCH 2/4] objtool/klp: allow new references to module exports
Joe Lawrence <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:56:56 -0400
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.live-patching |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
klp_reloc_needed() returns true for module exports to support late-module patching. However, clone_reloc_klp() unconditionally rejects symbols without a twin (i.e., new references added by the patch), even when the symbol is a known export from Module.symvers. Relax the check: allow new references to exported symbols by only erroring on !twin when there is no export. The export metadata from Module.symvers provides sufficient context to emit the klp-relocation without a twin. Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <[email protected]> --- tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c index c5cc54ee562e..e14d1f32126d 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c +++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c @@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ static int clone_reloc_klp(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc, unsigned long sympos; s64 str_addend; - if (!patched_sym->twin) { + if (!patched_sym->twin && !export) { ERROR("unexpected klp reloc for new symbol %s", patched_sym->name); return -1; } -- 2.54.0