From: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
To: Tao Liu <ltao@redhat.com>,
yamazaki-msmt@nec.com, k-hagio-ab@nec.com,
kexec@lists.infradead.org
Cc: aravinda@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Tao Liu <ltao@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 4/7] Implement kernel module's kallsyms resolving
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:54:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wlyoex5f.fsf@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260317150743.69590-5-ltao@redhat.com>
Tao Liu <ltao@redhat.com> writes:
> With kernel's kallsyms and btf ready, we can get any kernel types and
> symbol addresses. So we can iterate kernel modules' linked list, and
> parse each one of kernel module's structure to get its kallsyms data.
> At this time, kernel modules' kallsyms symbol defined within .init_ksyms
> section will be resolved.
>
> Suggested-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tao Liu <ltao@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
> ---
> kallsyms.c | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> kallsyms.h | 3 ++
> 2 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kallsyms.c b/kallsyms.c
> index f7737cb..f07b0ee 100644
> --- a/kallsyms.c
> +++ b/kallsyms.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> #include <string.h>
> #include "makedumpfile.h"
> #include "kallsyms.h"
> +#include "btf_info.h"
>
> static uint32_t *kallsyms_offsets = NULL;
> static uint16_t *kallsyms_token_index = NULL;
> @@ -347,4 +348,126 @@ out:
> kallsyms_names = NULL;
> }
> return ret;
> -}
> \ No newline at end of file
> +}
> +
> +INIT_KERN_SYM(modules);
> +
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(list_head, next);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(module, list);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(module, name);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(module, core_kallsyms);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(mod_kallsyms, symtab);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(mod_kallsyms, num_symtab);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(mod_kallsyms, strtab);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(elf64_sym, st_name);
> +INIT_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER(elf64_sym, st_value);
> +
> +#define MEMBER_OFF(S, M) \
> + GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MOFF(S, M) / 8
> +
> +uint64_t next_list(uint64_t list)
> +{
> + uint64_t next = 0;
> +
> + readmem(VADDR, list + MEMBER_OFF(list_head, next),
> + &next, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(list_head, next));
> + return next;
> +}
> +
> +bool init_module_kallsyms(void)
> +{
> + uint64_t modules, list, value = 0, symtab = 0, strtab = 0;
> + uint32_t st_name = 0;
> + int num_symtab, i, j;
> + struct ksym_info **p;
> + char symname[512], ch;
> + char *modname = NULL;
> + bool ret = false;
> +
> + modules = GET_KERN_SYM(modules);
> + if (!KERN_SYM_EXIST(modules)) {
> + /* Not a failure if no module enabled */
> + ret = true;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + if (!KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(list_head, next) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(module, list) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(module, name) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(module, core_kallsyms) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(mod_kallsyms, symtab) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(mod_kallsyms, num_symtab) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(mod_kallsyms, strtab) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(elf64_sym, st_name) ||
> + !KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_EXIST(elf64_sym, st_value)) {
> + /* Fail when module enabled but any required types not found */
> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: Missing required module syms/types!", __func__);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + modname = (char *)malloc(GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(module, name));
> + if (!modname)
> + goto no_mem;
> +
> + for (list = next_list(modules); list != modules; list = next_list(list)) {
> + readmem(VADDR, list - MEMBER_OFF(module, list) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(module, name),
> + modname, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(module, name));
> + if (!check_ksyms_require_modname(modname, NULL))
> + continue;
> + readmem(VADDR, list - MEMBER_OFF(module, list) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(module, core_kallsyms) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(mod_kallsyms, num_symtab),
> + &num_symtab, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(mod_kallsyms, num_symtab));
> + readmem(VADDR, list - MEMBER_OFF(module, list) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(module, core_kallsyms) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(mod_kallsyms, symtab),
> + &symtab, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(mod_kallsyms, symtab));
> + readmem(VADDR, list - MEMBER_OFF(module, list) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(module, core_kallsyms) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(mod_kallsyms, strtab),
> + &strtab, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(mod_kallsyms, strtab));
> + for (i = 0; i < num_symtab; i++) {
> + j = 0;
> + readmem(VADDR, symtab + i * GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_SSIZE(elf64_sym, st_value) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(elf64_sym, st_value),
> + &value, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(elf64_sym, st_value));
> + readmem(VADDR, symtab + i * GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_SSIZE(elf64_sym, st_name) +
> + MEMBER_OFF(elf64_sym, st_name),
> + &st_name, GET_KERN_STRUCT_MEMBER_MSIZE(elf64_sym, st_name));
> + do {
> + readmem(VADDR, strtab + st_name + j++, &ch, 1);
> + } while (ch != '\0');
> + if (j == 1 || j > sizeof(symname))
> + /* Skip empty or too long string */
> + continue;
> + readmem(VADDR, strtab + st_name, symname, j);
> +
> + for (j = 0; j < sr_len; j++) {
> + for (p = (struct ksym_info **)(sr[j]->start);
> + p < (struct ksym_info **)(sr[j]->stop);
> + p++) {
> + if (!strcmp((*p)->modname, modname) &&
> + !strcmp((*p)->symname, symname)) {
> + (*p)->value = value;
> + (*p)->index = i;
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + ret = true;
> + goto out;
> +no_mem:
> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: Not enough memory!\n", __func__);
> +out:
> + if (modname)
> + free(modname);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +void cleanup_kallsyms(void)
> +{
> + cleanup_ksyms_section_range();
> + cleanup_ksyms_modname();
> +}
> diff --git a/kallsyms.h b/kallsyms.h
> index 3791284..897bcdd 100644
> --- a/kallsyms.h
> +++ b/kallsyms.h
> @@ -88,4 +88,7 @@ bool check_ksyms_require_modname(char *modname, int *total);
> bool register_ksym_section(char *start, char *stop);
> bool read_vmcoreinfo_kallsyms(void);
> bool init_kernel_kallsyms(void);
> +uint64_t next_list(uint64_t list);
> +bool init_module_kallsyms(void);
> +void cleanup_kallsyms(void);
> #endif /* _KALLSYMS_H */
> \ No newline at end of file
> --
> 2.47.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 15:07 [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 0/7] btf/kallsyms based makedumpfile extension for mm page filtering Tao Liu
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 1/7] Reserve sections for makedumpfile and extenions Tao Liu
2026-04-02 23:31 ` Stephen Brennan
2026-04-03 8:10 ` HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 2/7] Implement kernel kallsyms resolving Tao Liu
2026-04-02 23:32 ` Stephen Brennan
2026-04-03 8:12 ` HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 3/7] Implement kernel btf resolving Tao Liu
2026-04-02 23:41 ` Stephen Brennan
2026-04-03 8:13 ` HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 4/7] Implement kernel module's kallsyms resolving Tao Liu
2026-04-02 23:54 ` Stephen Brennan [this message]
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 5/7] Implement kernel module's btf resolving Tao Liu
2026-04-02 23:56 ` Stephen Brennan
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 6/7] Add makedumpfile extensions support Tao Liu
2026-04-03 0:11 ` Stephen Brennan
2026-04-03 8:14 ` HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
2026-03-17 15:07 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 7/7] Filter amdgpu mm pages Tao Liu
2026-04-03 0:16 ` Stephen Brennan
2026-04-03 8:06 ` [PATCH v4][makedumpfile 0/7] btf/kallsyms based makedumpfile extension for mm page filtering HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
2026-04-03 18:26 ` Stephen Brennan
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