From: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: nathan@kernel.org, masahiroy@kernel.org, kees@kernel.org,
naveen@kernel.org, jpoimboe@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
npiggin@gmail.com, maddy@linux.ibm.com,
segher@kernel.crashing.org, christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu,
mingo@kernel.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, mahesh@linux.ibm.com,
sv@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] kbuild: Add objtool integration for PowerPC feature fixups
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:34:55 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250929080456.26538-3-sv@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250929080456.26538-1-sv@linux.ibm.com>
Add build system support for PowerPC feature fixup processing:
- Add HAVE_OBJTOOL_FTR_FIXUP config option for architectures that support
build-time feature fixup processing
- Integrate objtool feature fixup processing into vmlinux build
Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@linux.ibm.com>
---
Makefile | 7 +++++++
arch/Kconfig | 3 +++
scripts/Makefile.lib | 5 +++--
scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 13 ++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf37b9407821..aa54e4348c8c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1419,6 +1419,13 @@ ifdef CONFIG_OBJTOOL
prepare: tools/objtool
endif
+# CONFIG_OBJTOOL and CONFIG_HAVE_OBJTOOL_FTR_FIXUP are unrelated, separate
+# options. It was integrated in objtool in order to borrow the elf parser,
+# but this is different from how the other objtool commands are used.
+ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_OBJTOOL_FTR_FIXUP
+prepare: tools/objtool
+endif
+
ifdef CONFIG_BPF
ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
prepare: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index d1b4ffd6e085..d870aab17cba 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -1334,6 +1334,9 @@ config HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION
bool
select OBJTOOL
+config HAVE_OBJTOOL_FTR_FIXUP
+ bool
+
config HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION
bool
help
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 1d581ba5df66..c77d4ceff2cc 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ cpp_flags = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE) \
ld_flags = $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
-ifdef CONFIG_OBJTOOL
-
objtool := $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool
+ifdef CONFIG_OBJTOOL
+
objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK) += --hacks=jump_label
objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_NOINSTR_HACK) += --hacks=noinstr
objtool-args-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING) += --hacks=skylake
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ objtool-args = $(objtool-args-y) \
delay-objtool := $(or $(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG),$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT))
cmd_objtool = $(if $(objtool-enabled), ; $(objtool) $(objtool-args) $@)
+
cmd_gen_objtooldep = $(if $(objtool-enabled), { echo ; echo '$@: $$(wildcard $(objtool))' ; } >> $(dot-target).cmd)
objtool-enabled := y
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
index b64862dc6f08..94cc2bba929a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink)
# Final link of vmlinux with optional arch pass after final link
cmd_link_vmlinux = \
$< "$(LD)" "$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)" "$(LDFLAGS_vmlinux)" "$@"; \
- $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
+ $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true) \
+ $(cmd_objtool_vmlinux)
targets += $(vmlinux-final)
$(vmlinux-final): scripts/link-vmlinux.sh vmlinux.o $(KBUILD_LDS) FORCE
@@ -131,3 +132,13 @@ existing-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
-include $(foreach f,$(existing-targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd)
.PHONY: $(PHONY)
+
+# objtool for vmlinux
+# ----------------------------------
+#
+# For feature fixup, objtool does not run on individual
+# translation units. Run this on vmlinux instead.
+
+ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_OBJTOOL_FTR_FIXUP
+cmd_objtool_vmlinux = ; $(objtool) --ftr-fixup --link $@
+endif
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-29 8:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-29 8:04 [RFC PATCH v2 0/3] objtool: Fixup alternate feature relative addresses Sathvika Vasireddy
2025-09-29 8:04 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] objtool/powerpc: Enhance objtool to fixup " Sathvika Vasireddy
2025-09-29 10:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-29 16:59 ` Sathvika Vasireddy
2025-09-29 8:04 ` Sathvika Vasireddy [this message]
2025-10-04 19:43 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] kbuild: Add objtool integration for PowerPC feature fixups Nicolas Schier
2025-09-29 8:04 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc: Enable build-time feature fixup processing by default Sathvika Vasireddy
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