From: Eduard Zateev <hackerowskiy@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev,
song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
emil@etsalapis.com, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev, shuah@kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Eduard Zateev <hackerowskiy@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] libbpf: fix symbol resolution without .symtab
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:10:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023141040.249597-1-hackerowskiy@gmail.com> (raw)
When a binary has .dynsym but no .symtab, elf_sym_iter_new() returns -ENOENT for the optional table. Keep checking the other table and clear that error; otherwise successful dynamic-symbol lookups are reported as failures.
Add a regression selftest for a stripped shared object and verify that unresolved symbols still fail.
Link: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/953
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zateev <hackerowskiy@gmail.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/elf.c | 5 ++-
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 7 +++-
.../bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_multi_test.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/bpf/uprobe_multi_stripped.c | 7 ++++
4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/uprobe_multi_stripped.c
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/elf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/elf.c
index 700c3911a..76baaf778 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/elf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/elf.c
@@ -438,8 +438,11 @@ int elf_resolve_syms_offsets(const char *binary_path, int cnt,
struct elf_sym *sym;
err = elf_sym_iter_new(&iter, elf_fd.elf, binary_path, sh_types[i], st_type);
- if (err == -ENOENT)
+ if (err == -ENOENT) {
+ /* A missing symbol table is OK; check the other one. */
+ err = 0;
continue;
+ }
if (err)
goto out;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 1e4af62e8..4125133d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED = \
xdp_synproxy \
xskxceiver
-TEST_GEN_FILES += $(TEST_KMODS) liburandom_read.so urandom_read sign-file uprobe_multi
+TEST_GEN_FILES += $(TEST_KMODS) liburandom_read.so urandom_read sign-file uprobe_multi \
+ uprobe_multi_stripped.so
ifneq ($(V),1)
submake_extras := feature_display=0
@@ -666,6 +667,10 @@ $(OUTPUT)/uprobe_multi: uprobe_multi.c uprobe_multi.ld
$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wl,-T,uprobe_multi.ld -O0 $(LDFLAGS) \
$(filter-out %.ld,$^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+$(OUTPUT)/uprobe_multi_stripped.so: uprobe_multi_stripped.c
+ $(call msg,BINARY,,$@)
+ $(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -shared -Wl,-s $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
EXTRA_CLEAN := $(SCRATCH_DIR) $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR) \
prog_tests/tests.h map_tests/tests.h verifier/tests.h \
feature bpftool $(TEST_KMOD_TARGETS) \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_multi_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_multi_test.c
index f0baf5738..340e3b55c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_multi_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_multi_test.c
@@ -374,6 +374,41 @@ static void test_attach_api_syms(void)
test_attach_api("/proc/self/exe", NULL, &opts);
}
+static void test_attach_api_syms_stripped(void)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_uprobe_multi_opts, opts);
+ const char *syms[] = { "uprobe_multi_stripped_func" };
+ struct uprobe_multi *skel = NULL;
+ struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
+
+ opts.syms = syms;
+ opts.cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(syms);
+
+ skel = uprobe_multi__open_and_load();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "uprobe_multi__open_and_load"))
+ return;
+
+ link = bpf_program__attach_uprobe_multi(skel->progs.uprobe, -1,
+ "./uprobe_multi_stripped.so", NULL, &opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_uprobe_multi_stripped")) {
+ link = NULL;
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ bpf_link__destroy(link);
+ link = NULL;
+
+ /* A missing symbol must still be reported as an error. */
+ syms[0] = "uprobe_multi_missing_func";
+ link = bpf_program__attach_uprobe_multi(skel->progs.uprobe, -1,
+ "./uprobe_multi_stripped.so", NULL, &opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_ERR_PTR(link, "attach_uprobe_multi_missing_symbol"))
+ bpf_link__destroy(link);
+ link = NULL;
+
+cleanup:
+ uprobe_multi__destroy(skel);
+}
+
static void test_attach_api_fails(void)
{
LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_link_create_opts, opts);
@@ -1442,6 +1477,8 @@ void test_uprobe_multi_test(void)
test_attach_api_pattern();
if (test__start_subtest("attach_api_syms"))
test_attach_api_syms();
+ if (test__start_subtest("attach_api_syms_stripped"))
+ test_attach_api_syms_stripped();
if (test__start_subtest("link_api"))
test_link_api();
if (test__start_subtest("link_api_path_fd"))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/uprobe_multi_stripped.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/uprobe_multi_stripped.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bdf7fb9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/uprobe_multi_stripped.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+__attribute__((noinline, visibility("default")))
+int uprobe_multi_stripped_func(void)
+{
+ return 42;
+}
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 14:10 Eduard Zateev [this message]
2026-10-23 14:28 ` [PATCH] libbpf: fix symbol resolution without .symtab sashiko-bot
2026-10-23 15:59 ` Alexei Starovoitov
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