From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>,
"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Mike Rapoport" <rppt@kernel.org>,
"Luis Chamberlain" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
"Petr Pavlu" <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
"Daniel Gomez" <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
"Sami Tolvanen" <samitolvanen@google.com>,
"Aaron Tomlin" <atomlin@atomlin.com>,
"Adrian Barnaś" <abarnas@google.com>,
"Ryan Roberts" <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
"Kevin Brodsky" <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 9/9] arm64: ftrace: Simplify PLT handling
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:53:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260822135323.795946-20-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260822135323.795946-11-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Instead of emitting the ftrace trampoline PLT into a separate ELF
section, allocate them at the start of the ordinary PLT array, so
that no special sections are needed.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/module.lds.h | 1 -
arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c | 18 +++++-------------
arch/arm64/kernel/module.c | 9 +--------
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.lds.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.lds.h
index 24fc9401c514..95540e956b41 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.lds.h
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
SECTIONS {
.plt 0 : { BYTE(0) }
- .text.ftrace_trampoline 0 : { BYTE(0) }
#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS
/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
index e30876b90e30..6900d2242f1b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
@@ -275,12 +275,14 @@ static int partition_branch_plt_relas(Elf64_Sym *syms, Elf64_Rela *rela,
return i;
}
+static const int ftrace_plts = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE) ? NR_FTRACE_PLTS : 0;
+
int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
char *secstrings, struct module *mod)
{
- unsigned long core_plts = 0;
+ unsigned long core_plts = ftrace_plts;
Elf64_Sym *syms = NULL;
- Elf_Shdr *pltsec, *tramp = NULL;
+ Elf_Shdr *pltsec;
int i;
/*
@@ -290,9 +292,6 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_shnum; i++) {
if (!strcmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name, ".plt"))
mod->arch.core.plt_shndx = i;
- else if (!strcmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name,
- ".text.ftrace_trampoline"))
- tramp = sechdrs + i;
else if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB)
syms = (Elf64_Sym *)sechdrs[i].sh_addr;
}
@@ -336,15 +335,8 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
pltsec->sh_flags = SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_ALLOC;
pltsec->sh_addralign = L1_CACHE_BYTES;
pltsec->sh_size = (core_plts + 1) * sizeof(struct plt_entry);
- mod->arch.core.plt_num_entries = 0;
+ mod->arch.core.plt_num_entries = ftrace_plts;
mod->arch.core.plt_max_entries = core_plts;
- if (tramp) {
- tramp->sh_type = SHT_NOBITS;
- tramp->sh_flags = SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_ALLOC;
- tramp->sh_addralign = __alignof__(struct plt_entry);
- tramp->sh_size = NR_FTRACE_PLTS * sizeof(struct plt_entry);
- }
-
return 0;
}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
index 6e5b488a219e..620c2b70115e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
@@ -454,14 +454,7 @@ static int module_init_ftrace_plt(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
struct module *mod)
{
#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)
- const Elf_Shdr *s;
- struct plt_entry *plts;
-
- s = find_section(hdr, sechdrs, ".text.ftrace_trampoline");
- if (!s)
- return -ENOEXEC;
-
- plts = (void *)s->sh_addr;
+ struct plt_entry *plts = (void *)sechdrs[mod->arch.core.plt_shndx].sh_addr;
__init_plt(&plts[FTRACE_PLT_IDX], FTRACE_ADDR);
--
2.55.0.860.g4b6b3295ed-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 13:53 [RFC PATCH 0/9] arm64: Allocate .text and .init.text together Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 1/9] mm: execmem: Add API to split an existing execmem cache allocation Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 2/9] mm: execmem: Allow huge vmappings to be avoided for execmem caches Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 3/9] module: Place MOD_TEXT before MOD_INIT_TEXT in enumeration Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 4/9] module: Allocate MOD_INIT_TEXT from the MOD_TEXT ROX allocation Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 5/9] arm64: mm: Permit permissions changes on huge vmappings Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-23 16:52 ` Adrian Barnaś
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 6/9] arm64: Enable the execmem ROX cache for module text Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-23 16:46 ` Adrian Barnaś
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 7/9] arm64: ftrace: Revert "fix unreachable PLT for ftrace_caller ..." Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 8/9] arm64: module: Combine init and core PLT entries again Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
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