Re: [PATCH 07/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate absolute symbols

Miroslav Benes
2026-04-24T12:04:20Z

On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:03:35 -0700, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> wrote:
> Some arch/x86/crypto/*.S files define local .set/.equ constants that get
> duplicated in vmlinux.o. This causes klp-diff to fail with "Multiple
> correlation candidates" errors since it can't uniquely match these
> between orig and patched builds.
>
> Skip ABS symbols in dont_correlate(). They're purely compile-time
> assembly constants that are never referenced by relocations, so they
> don't need correlation.
>
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

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Miroslav