From: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
To: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jpoimboe@kernel.org, jikos@kernel.org, mbenes@suse.cz,
pmladek@suse.com, joe.lawrence@redhat.com, kernel-team@meta.com,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/8] objtool/klp: Match symbols based on demangled_name for global variables
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:54:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260226005436.379303-7-song@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260226005436.379303-1-song@kernel.org>
correlate_symbols() will always try to match full name first. If there is
no match, try match only demangled_name.
In very rare cases, it is possible to have multiple foo.llvm.<hash> in
the same kernel. Whenever there is ambiguity like this, fail the klp diff.
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 13 +++++++
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 3 ++
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index efb13ec0a89d..5ddbfa8f8701 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -323,6 +323,19 @@ struct symbol *find_global_symbol_by_name(const struct elf *elf, const char *nam
return NULL;
}
+void iterate_global_symbol_by_demangled_name(const struct elf *elf,
+ const char *demangled_name,
+ void (*process)(struct symbol *sym, void *data),
+ void *data)
+{
+ struct symbol *sym;
+
+ elf_hash_for_each_possible(symbol_name, sym, name_hash, str_hash(demangled_name)) {
+ if (!strcmp(sym->demangled_name, demangled_name) && !is_local_sym(sym))
+ process(sym, data);
+ }
+}
+
struct reloc *find_reloc_by_dest_range(const struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
unsigned long offset, unsigned int len)
{
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index e12c516bd320..25573e5af76e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ struct symbol *find_func_by_offset(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset);
struct symbol *find_symbol_by_offset(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset);
struct symbol *find_symbol_by_name(const struct elf *elf, const char *name);
struct symbol *find_global_symbol_by_name(const struct elf *elf, const char *name);
+void iterate_global_symbol_by_demangled_name(const struct elf *elf, const char *demangled_name,
+ void (*process)(struct symbol *sym, void *data),
+ void *data);
struct symbol *find_symbol_containing(const struct section *sec, unsigned long offset);
int find_symbol_hole_containing(const struct section *sec, unsigned long offset);
struct reloc *find_reloc_by_dest(const struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, unsigned long offset);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 57606bc3390a..92043da0ed0b 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -355,6 +355,46 @@ static bool dont_correlate(struct symbol *sym)
strstarts(sym->name, "__initcall__");
}
+struct process_demangled_name_data {
+ struct symbol *ret;
+ int count;
+};
+
+static void process_demangled_name(struct symbol *sym, void *d)
+{
+ struct process_demangled_name_data *data = d;
+
+ if (sym->twin)
+ return;
+
+ data->count++;
+ data->ret = sym;
+}
+
+/*
+ * When there is no full name match, try match demangled_name. This would
+ * match original foo.llvm.123 to patched foo.llvm.456.
+ *
+ * Note that, in very rare cases, it is possible to have multiple
+ * foo.llvm.<hash> in the same kernel. When this happens, report error and
+ * fail the diff.
+ */
+static int find_global_symbol_by_demangled_name(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym,
+ struct symbol **out_sym)
+{
+ struct process_demangled_name_data data = {};
+
+ iterate_global_symbol_by_demangled_name(elf, sym->demangled_name,
+ process_demangled_name,
+ &data);
+ if (data.count > 1) {
+ ERROR("Multiple (%d) correlation candidates for %s", data.count, sym->name);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ *out_sym = data.ret;
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* For each symbol in the original kernel, find its corresponding "twin" in the
* patched kernel.
@@ -453,6 +493,23 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
continue;
sym2 = find_global_symbol_by_name(e->patched, sym1->name);
+ if (sym2 && !sym2->twin) {
+ sym1->twin = sym2;
+ sym2->twin = sym1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Correlate globals with demangled_name.
+ * A separate loop is needed because we want to finish all the
+ * full name correlations first.
+ */
+ for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) {
+ if (sym1->bind == STB_LOCAL || sym1->twin)
+ continue;
+
+ if (find_global_symbol_by_demangled_name(e->patched, sym1, &sym2))
+ return -1;
if (sym2 && !sym2->twin) {
sym1->twin = sym2;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-26 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-26 0:54 [PATCH v3 0/8] objtool/klp: klp-build LTO support and tests Song Liu
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] objtool/klp: Remove redundent strcmp in correlate_symbols Song Liu
2026-03-05 19:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] objtool/klp: Remove trailing '_' in demangle_name() Song Liu
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] objtool/klp: Use sym->demangled_name for symbol_name hash Song Liu
2026-03-05 19:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] objtool/klp: Also demangle global objects Song Liu
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] objtool/klp: Remove .llvm suffix in demangle_name() Song Liu
2026-02-26 0:54 ` Song Liu [this message]
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] objtool/klp: Correlate locals to globals Song Liu
2026-03-05 19:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-03-05 23:10 ` Song Liu
2026-02-26 0:54 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] livepatch: Add tests for klp-build toolchain Song Liu
2026-02-27 10:04 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-02-27 17:26 ` Song Liu
2026-03-02 8:38 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-03-04 19:33 ` Joe Lawrence
2026-03-04 23:12 ` Song Liu
2026-03-05 1:39 ` Joe Lawrence
2026-03-05 5:03 ` Song Liu
2026-03-05 14:08 ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-05 15:18 ` Joe Lawrence
2026-03-05 15:20 ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-05 18:50 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-03-06 9:13 ` Petr Mladek
2026-03-05 19:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
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