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From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v7 18/22] libbpf: Let the static linker carry .bpf_cleanup relocations
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:17:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929001736.3255399-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929001601.3242665-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>

An object that carries a compiler-emitted exception cleanup table cannot be
linked today. The table's fields are byte offsets into a code section,
materialised by a 32-bit relocation against that section's symbol with the
offset itself as the implicit addend, and the linker rejects both halves of
that: the relocation type is not in the list it accepts, and a relocation
against an STT_SECTION symbol from a non-executable section is an outright
error.

Both spellings of that relocation have to be taken. LLVM emits
R_BPF_64_NODYLD32 for a .long against a section symbol; GNU as emits
R_BPF_64_ABS32, which is what bpf_reloc_type_lookup() maps BFD_RELOC_32 to.
They describe the same value, and the selftests are built with both
compilers.

Keying on the relocation type rather than the section name means any
non-executable section can reach the new arm, where an unconditional
refusal used to stand. That refusal was covering two things the arm now has
to do itself: a target may be SHT_NOBITS, which extend_sec() leaves with no
raw_data, and r_offset is alignment-checked only where the section holds
instructions. The arm rejects both, and bounds the offset against the
section size before writing through it.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/linker.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
index f3f71c452f00..7c4bc232d576 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,8 @@ static int linker_sanity_check_elf_relos(struct src_obj *obj, struct src_sec *se
 		size_t sym_type = ELF64_R_TYPE(relo->r_info);
 
 		if (sym_type != R_BPF_64_64 && sym_type != R_BPF_64_32 &&
-		    sym_type != R_BPF_64_ABS64 && sym_type != R_BPF_64_ABS32) {
+		    sym_type != R_BPF_64_ABS64 && sym_type != R_BPF_64_ABS32 &&
+		    sym_type != R_BPF_64_NODYLD32) {
 			pr_warn("ELF relo #%d in section #%zu has unexpected type %zu in %s\n",
 				i, sec->sec_idx, sym_type, obj->filename);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -2263,6 +2264,7 @@ static int linker_append_elf_relos(struct bpf_linker *linker, struct src_obj *ob
 			if (ELF64_ST_TYPE(src_sym->st_info) == STT_SECTION) {
 				struct src_sec *sec = &obj->secs[src_sym->st_shndx];
 				struct bpf_insn *insn;
+				__u32 *val;
 
 				if (src_linked_sec->shdr->sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR) {
 					/* calls to the very first static function inside
@@ -2297,6 +2299,38 @@ static int linker_append_elf_relos(struct bpf_linker *linker, struct src_obj *ob
 					if (linker->swapped_endian)
 						off = bswap_64(off);
 					memcpy(ptr, &off, sizeof(off));
+				} else if (sym_type == R_BPF_64_NODYLD32 ||
+					   sym_type == R_BPF_64_ABS32) {
+					/*
+					 * A byte offset into a code section,
+					 * stored in place. LLVM spells this
+					 * relocation NODYLD32 and GNU as
+					 * spells it ABS32; being bytes, the
+					 * section's new start goes in as it
+					 * is, not scaled the way a call's
+					 * instruction index is above.
+					 *
+					 * r_offset is checked only for an
+					 * executable section, and SHT_NOBITS
+					 * has no raw_data, so bound it here --
+					 * subtracting, so it cannot wrap.
+					 */
+					if (!dst_linked_sec->raw_data ||
+					    dst_linked_sec->sec_sz < (int)sizeof(*val) ||
+					    dst_rel->r_offset % sizeof(*val) ||
+					    dst_rel->r_offset >
+					    (size_t)dst_linked_sec->sec_sz - sizeof(*val)) {
+						pr_warn("ELF relo #%d in section #%zu points outside the data of section '%s' in %s\n",
+							j, src_sec->sec_idx,
+							dst_linked_sec->sec_name,
+							obj->filename);
+						return -EINVAL;
+					}
+					val = dst_linked_sec->raw_data + dst_rel->r_offset;
+					if (linker->swapped_endian)
+						*val = bswap_32(bswap_32(*val) + sec->dst_off);
+					else
+						*val += sec->dst_off;
 				} else {
 					pr_warn("relocation against STT_SECTION in non-exec section is not supported!\n");
 					return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.53.0-Meta


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-29  0:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-29  0:16 [PATCH bpf-next v7 00/22] bpf: Run exception cleanup landing pads when bpf_unwind() unwinds Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 01/22] bpf: Pack bpf_insn_aux_data flags into bit fields Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 02/22] bpf: Accept the compiler's exception cleanup table at program load Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 03/22] bpf: Add the bpf_unwind() and bpf_unwind_resume() kfuncs Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 04/22] bpf: Add lookups for exception cleanup resumes and landing pads Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:33   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-29 21:58     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 05/22] bpf: Prepare for an exception cleanup table before the CFG walk Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:31   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-29 22:04     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 06/22] bpf: Make exception landing pads reachable in the CFG Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 07/22] bpf: Resume a covered call at its landing pad Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:31   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30  0:28     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 08/22] bpf: Require an unwind to leave a frame holding what it entered with Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30  1:09     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:52   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-30  1:10     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 09/22] bpf: Refuse a landing pad that does not resume Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 10/22] bpf: Refuse a private stack for a program that can unwind Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 11/22] bpf: Dispatch cleanup pads by rewriting return addresses Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  1:14   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-30  1:18     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 12/22] bpf, x86: Dispatch exception cleanup pads at run time Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:30   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30  1:34     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 13/22] bpf, arm64: " Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  1:14   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 14/22] libbpf: Resolve the compiler's _Unwind_Resume to the kernel's kfunc Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 15/22] libbpf: Add cleanup_info to bpf_prog_load_opts Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 16/22] libbpf: Collect .bpf_cleanup records and pass them to the kernel Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 17/22] libbpf: Carry the exception cleanup table through the light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 19/22] selftests/bpf: Add end-to-end and negative .bpf_cleanup exception tests Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:52   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-30  1:42     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 20/22] selftests/bpf: Add __set_global() and __ret_global() test tags Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:52   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-30  1:46     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 21/22] selftests/bpf: Cover more accepted .bpf_cleanup exception shapes Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:52   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-30  2:19     ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 22/22] selftests/bpf: Load an exception cleanup program from a light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-09-29  0:52   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-30  3:12     ` Yonghong Song

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