From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
To: maz@kernel.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, arnd@arndb.de, nathan@kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
kernel-team@android.com,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tracing: Generate undef symbols allowlist for simple_ring_buffer
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:58:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313105829.1214123-1-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
Compiler and tooling-generated symbols are difficult to maintain
across all supported architectures. Make the allowlist more robust by
replacing the harcoded list with a mechanism that automatically detects
these symbols.
This mechanism generates a C function designed to trigger common
compiler-inserted symbols.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use filechk (Nathan)
- Removed deprecated extra-y (Nathan)
- Added simple_ring_buffer in allowlist (Nathan)
- Added memcpy() to generate more symbols (Nathan)
- Added __sancov
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index beb15936829d..96627a909ecc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -136,17 +136,42 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE_TEST) += remote_test.o
# simple_ring_buffer is used by the pKVM hypervisor which does not have access
# to all kernel symbols. Fail the build if forbidden symbols are found.
#
-UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST := memset alt_cb_patch_nops __x86 __ubsan __asan __kasan __gcov __aeabi_unwind
-UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST += __stack_chk_fail stackleak_track_stack __ref_stack __sanitizer llvm_gcda llvm_gcov
-UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST += .TOC\. __clear_pages_unrolled __memmove copy_page warn_slowpath_fmt
-UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST += ftrace_likely_update __hwasan_load __hwasan_store __hwasan_tag_memory
-UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST += warn_bogus_irq_restore __stack_chk_guard
-UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST := $(addprefix -e , $(UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST))
+# undefsyms_base generates a set of compiler and tooling-generated symbols that can
+# safely be ignored for simple_ring_buffer.
+#
+filechk_undefsyms_base = \
+ echo '$(pound)include <linux/atomic.h>'; \
+ echo '$(pound)include <linux/string.h>'; \
+ echo '$(pound)include <asm/page.h>'; \
+ echo 'static char page[PAGE_SIZE] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);'; \
+ echo 'void undefsyms_base(void *p, int n);'; \
+ echo 'void undefsyms_base(void *p, int n) {'; \
+ echo ' char buffer[256] = { 0 };'; \
+ echo ' u32 u = 0;'; \
+ echo ' memset((char * volatile)page, 8, PAGE_SIZE);'; \
+ echo ' memset((char * volatile)buffer, 8, sizeof(buffer));'; \
+ echo ' memcpy((void * volatile)p, buffer, sizeof(buffer));'; \
+ echo ' cmpxchg((u32 * volatile)&u, 0, 8);'; \
+ echo ' WARN_ON(n == 0xdeadbeef);'; \
+ echo '}'
+
+$(obj)/undefsyms_base.c: FORCE
+ $(call filechk,undefsyms_base)
+
+clean-files += undefsyms_base.c
+
+$(obj)/undefsyms_base.o: $(obj)/undefsyms_base.c
+
+targets += undefsyms_base.o
+
+UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST = __asan __gcov __kasan __kcsan __hwasan __sancov __sanitizer __tsan __ubsan __x86_indirect_thunk \
+ simple_ring_buffer \
+ $(shell $(NM) -u $(obj)/undefsyms_base.o 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $$2}')
quiet_cmd_check_undefined = NM $<
- cmd_check_undefined = test -z "`$(NM) -u $< | grep -v $(UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST)`"
+ cmd_check_undefined = test -z "`$(NM) -u $< | grep -v $(addprefix -e , $(UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST))`"
-$(obj)/%.o.checked: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
+$(obj)/%.o.checked: $(obj)/%.o $(obj)/undefsyms_base.o FORCE
$(call if_changed,check_undefined)
always-$(CONFIG_SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER) += simple_ring_buffer.o.checked
base-commit: 33f2e266515717c4b2df585dadefa0525557726c
--
2.53.0.851.ga537e3e6e9-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-13 10:58 UTC|newest]
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2026-03-13 10:58 Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-03-13 16:37 ` [PATCH v2] tracing: Generate undef symbols allowlist for simple_ring_buffer Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-16 9:31 ` Vincent Donnefort
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