From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
To: bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
eddyz87@gmail.com, kernel-team@fb.com, martin.lau@kernel.org,
mason@kernel.org, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 17/20] libbpf: Let the static linker carry .bpf_cleanup relocations
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:32:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d93b7ef0-c7fa-45eb-8116-d424c211bc90@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cf4e0c0bad4199fe7d97ba1fad39634daa6852dbda2f5292912e5d880523f963@mail.kernel.org>
On 9/17/26 10:44 PM, bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
> This looks like a bug fix for objects that carry compiler-emitted exception
> cleanup tables. Should this include:
>
> Fixes: 9f0c317f6aa1 ("libbpf: Add support for new llvm bpf relocations")
No need for a Fixes tag.
>
>
> ---
> AI reviewed your patch. Please fix the bug or email reply why it's not a bug.
> See: https://github.com/kernel-patches/vmtest/blob/master/ci/claude/README.md
>
> CI run summary: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/35308528711
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-19 20:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 4:41 [PATCH bpf-next v2 00/20] bpf: Run exception cleanup landing pads when bpf_throw() unwinds Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/20] bpf: Accept the compiler's exception cleanup table at program load Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/20] bpf: Add the bpf_unwind_resume() kfunc Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 03/20] bpf: Add lookups for exception cleanup resumes and landing pads Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 4:55 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-19 17:42 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 04/20] bpf: Mark the call sites an exception cleanup table covers Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/20] bpf: Make exception landing pads reachable in the CFG Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:59 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 19:17 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 19:32 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 06/20] bpf: Explore the landing pads no call site reaches Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 19:32 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 07/20] bpf: Refuse exception cleanup shapes bpf_throw() cannot dispatch Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 08/20] bpf: Walk the exception unwind in the verifier Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 09/20] bpf: Refuse a private stack for a program with an exception cleanup table Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 19:37 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/20] bpf: Dispatch exception cleanup pads from bpf_throw() Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:58 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 19:54 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 11/20] bpf, x86: Dispatch exception cleanup pads at run time Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 20:00 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 20:04 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 12/20] bpf, arm64: " Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 20:07 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 13/20] libbpf: Resolve the compiler's _Unwind_Resume to the kernel's kfunc Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 14/20] libbpf: Add cleanup_info to bpf_prog_load_opts Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 20:18 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 15/20] libbpf: Collect .bpf_cleanup records and pass them to the kernel Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:00 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 20:21 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 16/20] libbpf: Carry the exception cleanup table through the light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 20:27 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 17/20] libbpf: Let the static linker carry .bpf_cleanup relocations Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 20:31 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 20:32 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 18/20] selftests/bpf: Add an end-to-end .bpf_cleanup exception test Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:59 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 5:58 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 20:34 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 19/20] selftests/bpf: Cover the exception cleanup shapes the chain does not reach Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 5:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 5:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-19 21:13 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-18 4:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 20/20] selftests/bpf: Load an exception cleanup program from a light skeleton Yonghong Song
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