From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
"Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12 073/204] scripts/sorttable: Have mcount rela sort use direct values
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 18:18:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702155120.200282086@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702155118.667618796@linuxfoundation.org>
6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
[ Upstream commit a0265659322540d656727b9e132edfb6f06b6c1a ]
The mcount_loc sorting for when the values are stored in the Elf_Rela
entries uses the compare_extable() function to do the compares in the
qsort(). That function does handle byte swapping if the machine being
compiled for is a different endian than the host machine. But the
sort_relocs() function sorts an array that pulled in the values from the
Elf_Rela section and has already done the swapping.
Create two new compare functions that will sort the direct values. One
will sort 32 bit values and the other will sort the 64 bit value. One of
these will be assigned to a compare_values function pointer and that will
be used for sorting the Elf_Rela mcount values.
Cc: bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
Cc: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
Cc: Martin Kelly <martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250218200022.538888594@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
scripts/sorttable.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/scripts/sorttable.c
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.c
@@ -552,6 +552,28 @@ static void *sort_orctable(void *arg)
#ifdef MCOUNT_SORT_ENABLED
+static int compare_values_64(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+ uint64_t av = *(uint64_t *)a;
+ uint64_t bv = *(uint64_t *)b;
+
+ if (av < bv)
+ return -1;
+ return av > bv;
+}
+
+static int compare_values_32(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+ uint32_t av = *(uint32_t *)a;
+ uint32_t bv = *(uint32_t *)b;
+
+ if (av < bv)
+ return -1;
+ return av > bv;
+}
+
+static int (*compare_values)(const void *a, const void *b);
+
/* Only used for sorting mcount table */
static void rela_write_addend(Elf_Rela *rela, uint64_t val)
{
@@ -583,6 +605,8 @@ static void *sort_relocs(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr,
void *vals;
void *ptr;
+ compare_values = long_size == 4 ? compare_values_32 : compare_values_64;
+
shdr_start = (Elf_Shdr *)((char *)ehdr + ehdr_shoff(ehdr));
shentsize = ehdr_shentsize(ehdr);
@@ -640,7 +664,7 @@ static void *sort_relocs(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr,
}
}
count = ptr - vals;
- qsort(vals, count / long_size, long_size, compare_extable);
+ qsort(vals, count / long_size, long_size, compare_values);
ptr = vals;
for (int i = 0; i < shnum; i++) {
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2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 057/204] scripts/sorttable: Remove unused macro defines Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 058/204] scripts/sorttable: Remove unused write functions Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 059/204] scripts/sorttable: Remove unneeded Elf_Rel Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 060/204] scripts/sorttable: Have the ORC code use the _r() functions to read Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 061/204] scripts/sorttable: Make compare_extable() into two functions Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 062/204] scripts/sorttable: Convert Elf_Ehdr to union Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 063/204] scripts/sorttable: Replace Elf_Shdr Macro with a union Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 064/204] scripts/sorttable: Convert Elf_Sym MACRO over to " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 065/204] scripts/sorttable: Add helper functions for Elf_Ehdr Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 066/204] scripts/sorttable: Add helper functions for Elf_Shdr Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 067/204] scripts/sorttable: Add helper functions for Elf_Sym Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 068/204] scripts/sorttable: Use uint64_t for mcount sorting Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 069/204] scripts/sorttable: Move code from sorttable.h into sorttable.c Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 070/204] scripts/sorttable: Get start/stop_mcount_loc from ELF file directly Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 071/204] scripts/sorttable: Use a structure of function pointers for elf helpers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 072/204] arm64: scripts/sorttable: Implement sorting mcount_loc at boot for arm64 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 074/204] scripts/sorttable: Always use an array for the mcount_loc sorting Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 075/204] scripts/sorttable: Zero out weak functions in mcount_loc table Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 076/204] ftrace: Update the mcount_loc check of skipped entries Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-02 16:18 ` [PATCH 6.12 077/204] ftrace: Have ftrace pages output reflect freed pages Greg Kroah-Hartman
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