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>,
Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 00/14] objtool/klp: sympos/module/alternative/etc fixes
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 20:24:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1785727106.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
This consolidates fixes for the klp-build issues reported by Joe over
the last several weeks, plus some more things I found while
testing/reviewing.
Fun stuff like symbol resolution, module dependencies, alternatives.
MODULE MAINTAINERS: see patches 7 and 8, you can probably ignore the
rest.
Joe Lawrence (2):
objtool/klp: Normalize Module.symvers paths to module names
objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports
Josh Poimboeuf (12):
objtool/klp: Fix module name normalization for paths with dots
objtool/klp: Fix false module dependencies caused by dead relocs
objtool/klp: Skip hidden directories when finding objects
objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation
objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols
module: Add module_kallsyms_on_each_core_symbol()
objtool/klp,livepatch: Resolve module symbols against core kallsyms
objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries
objtool/klp: Ignore replacement offset of empty x86 alternatives
objtool/klp: Explicitly disallow patching or referencing init
code/data
objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming
objtool/klp: Don't match local symbols against exports
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 10 +-
include/linux/module.h | 11 +
kernel/livepatch/core.c | 2 +-
kernel/module/kallsyms.c | 46 +++
scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o | 3 +
scripts/livepatch/klp-build | 17 +-
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 1 +
tools/objtool/Build | 4 +-
tools/objtool/arch/x86/special.c | 27 ++
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 7 +
tools/objtool/check.c | 7 +
tools/objtool/elf.c | 13 +
tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h | 1 +
tools/objtool/include/objtool/klp.h | 32 +-
tools/objtool/include/objtool/special.h | 7 +
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 192 ++++++-----
tools/objtool/klp-post-link.c | 53 +--
tools/objtool/klp-symid.c | 117 +++++++
tools/objtool/klp-sympos.c | 441 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
19 files changed, 877 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/objtool/klp-symid.c
create mode 100644 tools/objtool/klp-sympos.c
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 3:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 3:24 Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 01/14] objtool/klp: Fix module name normalization for paths with dots Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 02/14] objtool/klp: Normalize Module.symvers paths to module names Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 5:37 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 03/14] objtool/klp: Fix false module dependencies caused by dead relocs Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 04/14] objtool/klp: Skip hidden directories when finding objects Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 05/14] objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 5:42 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 06/14] objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 07/14] module: Add module_kallsyms_on_each_core_symbol() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 6:24 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 08/14] objtool/klp,livepatch: Resolve module symbols against core kallsyms Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 6:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 09/14] objtool/klp: Fix size of empty special section entries Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 10/14] objtool/klp: Ignore replacement offset of empty x86 alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 11/14] objtool/klp: Explicitly disallow patching or referencing init code/data Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 12/14] objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 13/14] objtool/klp: Don't match local symbols against exports Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-03 3:24 ` [PATCH 14/14] objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports Josh Poimboeuf
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