From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 13/21] objtool: Reuse string references
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 20:33:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8881010b54f07432929acb8e704cd6ffcc835318.1778642120.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1778642120.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
For duplicate strings, elf_add_string() just blindly adds duplicates.
That can be a problem for arm64 which often uses two consecutive
instructions (and corresponding relocations) to put an address into a
register, like:
d8: 90000001 adrp x1, 0 <meminfo_proc_show> d8: R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 .rodata.meminfo_proc_show.str1.8
dc: 91000021 add x1, x1, #0x0 dc: R_AARCH64_ADD_ABS_LO12_NC .rodata.meminfo_proc_show.str1.8
Referencing two different addresses in the ADRP+ADD pair would corrupt
the memory access. Avoid that by detecting and reusing duplicates when
cloning string relocs.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 3 ++-
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index e09bb0a63be35..065ccfeb98288 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1366,9 +1366,27 @@ struct elf *elf_create_file(GElf_Ehdr *ehdr, const char *name)
return elf;
}
-unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str)
+int elf_find_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str)
{
- unsigned int offset;
+ char *d_buf;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!strtab->data)
+ return -1;
+
+ d_buf = strtab->data->d_buf;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < strtab->data->d_size; i += strlen(d_buf + i) + 1) {
+ if (!strcmp(d_buf + i, str))
+ return i;
+ }
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
+int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str)
+{
+ void *data;
if (!strtab)
strtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".strtab");
@@ -1382,12 +1400,11 @@ unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char
return -1;
}
- offset = ALIGN(sec_size(strtab), strtab->sh.sh_addralign);
-
- if (!elf_add_data(elf, strtab, str, strlen(str) + 1))
+ data = elf_add_data(elf, strtab, str, strlen(str) + 1);
+ if (!data)
return -1;
- return offset;
+ return data - strtab->data->d_buf;
}
void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data, size_t size)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 0801fcad516bb..d895023674673 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_section_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec);
void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data,
size_t size);
-unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str);
+int elf_find_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str);
+int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str);
struct reloc *elf_create_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
unsigned long offset, struct symbol *sym,
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 6a1cec57dc6a3..6957292e455e4 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -1509,7 +1509,9 @@ static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
__dbg_clone("\"%s\"", escape_str(str));
- addend = elf_add_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
+ addend = elf_find_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
+ if (addend == -1)
+ addend = elf_add_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
if (addend == -1)
return -1;
}
--
2.53.0
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 13/21] objtool: Reuse string references
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 20:34:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8881010b54f07432929acb8e704cd6ffcc835318.1778642120.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20260513033409.3Deuzh-UhS9ep0WpZuuY3I8-fwRHB96_HAsFzlcEoNc@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1778642120.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
For duplicate strings, elf_add_string() just blindly adds duplicates.
That can be a problem for arm64 which often uses two consecutive
instructions (and corresponding relocations) to put an address into a
register, like:
d8: 90000001 adrp x1, 0 <meminfo_proc_show> d8: R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 .rodata.meminfo_proc_show.str1.8
dc: 91000021 add x1, x1, #0x0 dc: R_AARCH64_ADD_ABS_LO12_NC .rodata.meminfo_proc_show.str1.8
Referencing two different addresses in the ADRP+ADD pair would corrupt
the memory access. Avoid that by detecting and reusing duplicates when
cloning string relocs.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 3 ++-
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index e09bb0a63be35..065ccfeb98288 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1366,9 +1366,27 @@ struct elf *elf_create_file(GElf_Ehdr *ehdr, const char *name)
return elf;
}
-unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str)
+int elf_find_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str)
{
- unsigned int offset;
+ char *d_buf;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!strtab->data)
+ return -1;
+
+ d_buf = strtab->data->d_buf;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < strtab->data->d_size; i += strlen(d_buf + i) + 1) {
+ if (!strcmp(d_buf + i, str))
+ return i;
+ }
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
+int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str)
+{
+ void *data;
if (!strtab)
strtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".strtab");
@@ -1382,12 +1400,11 @@ unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char
return -1;
}
- offset = ALIGN(sec_size(strtab), strtab->sh.sh_addralign);
-
- if (!elf_add_data(elf, strtab, str, strlen(str) + 1))
+ data = elf_add_data(elf, strtab, str, strlen(str) + 1);
+ if (!data)
return -1;
- return offset;
+ return data - strtab->data->d_buf;
}
void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data, size_t size)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 0801fcad516bb..d895023674673 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_section_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec);
void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data,
size_t size);
-unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str);
+int elf_find_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str);
+int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char *str);
struct reloc *elf_create_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
unsigned long offset, struct symbol *sym,
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 6a1cec57dc6a3..6957292e455e4 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -1509,7 +1509,9 @@ static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
__dbg_clone("\"%s\"", escape_str(str));
- addend = elf_add_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
+ addend = elf_find_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
+ if (addend == -1)
+ addend = elf_add_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
if (addend == -1)
return -1;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-13 3:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 3:33 [PATCH v3 00/21] objtool/arm64: Port klp-build to arm64 Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 01/21] klp-build: Reject patches to init/*.c Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 03/21] arm64: Fix EFI linking with -fdata-sections Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 05/21] arm64: vdso: Discard .discard.* sections Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 06/21] arm64: Annotate special section entries Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 07/21] crypto: arm64: Move data to .rodata Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 08/21] objtool: Allow setting --mnop without --mcount Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 09/21] kbuild: Only run objtool if there is at least one command Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 12/21] objtool: Refactor elf_add_data() to use a growable data buffer Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-05-13 3:34 ` [PATCH v3 13/21] objtool: Reuse string references Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 14/21] objtool: Prevent kCFI hashes from being decoded as instructions Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 15/21] objtool/klp: Add arm64 support for prefix/PFE detection Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 16/21] objtool/klp: Filter arm64 mapping symbols in find_symbol_by_offset() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 17/21] objtool/klp: Don't correlate arm64 mapping symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 18/21] objtool/klp: Clone inline alternative replacements Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 19/21] objtool/klp: Introduce objtool for arm64 Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 20/21] klp-build: Support cross-compilation Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 21/21] klp-build: Add arm64 syscall patching macro Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 00/21] objtool/arm64: Port klp-build to arm64 Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` [PATCH v3 02/21] arm64: Annotate intra-function calls Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` [PATCH v3 04/21] arm64: Rename TRAMP_VALIAS -> TRAMP_VALIAS_ASM in asm-offsets Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:34 ` [PATCH v3 10/21] objtool: Ignore jumps to the end of the function for checksum runs Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 7:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-13 3:34 ` [PATCH v3 11/21] objtool: Allow empty alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 3:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-05-13 7:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
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