From: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
To: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jpoimboe@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, jikos@kernel.org,
mbenes@suse.cz, pmladek@suse.com, joe.lawrence@redhat.com,
puranjay@kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 29/58] objtool/klp: Add test for vmlinux relocs in a patched module
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:50:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911185031.1534046-4-song@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911185031.1534046-1-song@kernel.org>
The kernel refuses a module-targeted klp relocation which names a vmlinux
symbol. An EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() symbol needs a klp relocation, so
patching a module function that references one only loads if klp diff files
that relocation under vmlinux rather than under the patched module.
This fails at load, not at build: klp-build produces a module and static
checks of it find nothing wrong. Hence the assertion on which object the
relocation is filed against.
Reported by Dylan Hatch, whose mod-ns-lp branch carries the kernel-side
half of this case.
Signed-off-by: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@google.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
---
.../generic/test-module-vmlinux-reloc.sh | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/objtool/tests/generic/test-module-vmlinux-reloc.sh
diff --git a/tools/objtool/tests/generic/test-module-vmlinux-reloc.sh b/tools/objtool/tests/generic/test-module-vmlinux-reloc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..635a75f6b8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/objtool/tests/generic/test-module-vmlinux-reloc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Patching a module, where the patched code references a vmlinux symbol which
+# needs a klp relocation.
+#
+# The kernel does not allow a module-targeted klp relocation to reference a
+# vmlinux symbol, and a symbol exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES gets a
+# klp relocation. Put together, filing that relocation under the patched
+# module produces a patch the kernel refuses to apply to its target.
+#
+# So it goes under vmlinux instead, and is applied when the patch module loads
+# rather than when the patched module does. That is the opposite of the rule
+# for a reference to a module's symbol, which test-module-object covers; this
+# is the other branch of the same decision.
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/../lib.sh"
+
+setup
+# The object being patched is a module ...
+build_module_pair cross_module.c klp_testmod
+
+# ... and the symbol it references belongs to vmlinux, exported in a way that
+# still requires a klp relocation.
+export_syms
+add_exports_ns vmlinux module:kvm other_mod_func
+run_diff
+
+# Filed against vmlinux, applied when the patch loads.
+assert_section __klp_relocs.vmlinux
+assert_klp_sym other_mod_func vmlinux
+
+# Not against the patched module: that is the relocation the kernel rejects.
+assert_no_section __klp_relocs.klp_testmod
+
+run_post_link
+assert_klp_rela vmlinux .text.target
+assert_no_section ".klp.rela.klp_testmod..text.target"
+
+pass "klp relocation to a vmlinux symbol filed under vmlinux, not the patched module"
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 18:42 [PATCH 00/58] Unit test framework for klp-build toolchain Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 01/58] objtool: Add test harness for the klp subcommands Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 02/58] objtool/klp: Check the klp test environment once, before any test Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 03/58] objtool/klp: Group the klp tests by architecture Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 04/58] objtool/klp: Classify klp test outcomes Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 05/58] objtool/klp: Build klp test fixtures through the harness Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 06/58] objtool/klp: Grow the klp test harness vocabulary Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 07/58] objtool/klp: Give each run one working directory, one per test inside it Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 08/58] objtool/klp: Run the klp tests under set -u Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 09/58] objtool/klp: Document the klp test harness Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:00 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 10/58] objtool: Keep failing test workdirs by default Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 11/58] objtool: Forward toolchain variables to the klp test runner Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 12/58] objtool/klp: Add test for rejecting changed data Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 13/58] objtool/klp: Add test for newly introduced data Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 14/58] objtool/klp: Add test for newly introduced functions Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 15/58] objtool/klp: Add test for static local correlation Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 16/58] objtool/klp: Add test for cold function halves Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 17/58] objtool/klp: Add test for special section extraction Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 18/58] objtool/klp: Add test for selective " Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 19/58] objtool/klp: Add test for jump table key relocations Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 20/58] objtool/klp: Add test for rejecting module-owned static branch keys Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 21/58] objtool/klp: Add test for rejecting module-owned static call keys Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 22/58] objtool/klp: Add test for symids in discarded sections Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 23/58] objtool/klp: Add test for rejecting references to init code/data Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 24/58] objtool/klp: Add test for correlation across ThinLTO name mangling Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:42 ` [PATCH 25/58] objtool/klp: Add test for objects without .modinfo Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:49 ` [PATCH 26/58] objtool/klp: Add test for unchecksummed input Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 27/58] objtool/klp: Add klp diff and post-link regression tests Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 28/58] objtool/klp: Add test for klp reloc section naming in module objects Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` Song Liu [this message]
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 30/58] objtool/klp: Add test for Module.symvers path normalization Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 31/58] objtool/klp: Add test for the contents of the klp_funcs list Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 32/58] objtool/klp: Add test for EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES references Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 33/58] objtool/klp: Add test for new references to exported symbols Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 34/58] objtool/klp: Add test for empty x86 alternative replacements Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 35/58] objtool/klp: Add test for recorded checksum values Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 36/58] objtool/klp: Add test for position-independent checksums Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 37/58] objtool/klp: Add test for sympos in module objects Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 38/58] objtool/klp: Add test for sympos resolved against a linked vmlinux Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 39/58] objtool/klp: Add test for static locals which must not be correlated Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 40/58] objtool/klp: Add test for __bug_table, __ex_table and __mcount_loc extraction Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 41/58] objtool/klp: Add test for kCFI prefix symbols and traps Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 42/58] objtool/klp: Add test for symbols whose linkage the patch changes Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 43/58] objtool/klp: Test rejection of a file-local static branch key Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 44/58] objtool/klp: Test a hand-built livepatch module's static call keys Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 45/58] objtool/klp: Test text annotations on alternative replacements Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 46/58] objtool/klp: Add test for data object checksums Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 47/58] objtool/klp: Add test for symbols with no checksum entry of their own Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 48/58] objtool/klp: Add test for a static branch introduced by the patch Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 49/58] objtool/klp: Add test for tracepoint and pr_debug static branch keys Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 50/58] objtool/klp: Add test for a static call introduced by the patch Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 51/58] objtool/klp: Add test for instruction operand checksums Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 52/58] objtool/klp: Add test for alternative replacement code in checksums Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 53/58] objtool/klp: Add test for the alignment of cloned data sections Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 54/58] objtool/klp: Add test for a patch which strips a data annotation Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 55/58] objtool/klp: Add test for absolute and __ADDRESSABLE symbols Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 56/58] objtool/klp: Add test for UBSAN metadata in an unchanged function Song Liu
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 57/58] objtool/klp: Add test for Clang switch jump tables Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 18:50 ` [PATCH 58/58] objtool/klp: Add test for ThinLTO symbols sharing a demangled name Song Liu
2026-09-11 19:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-13 1:53 ` [PATCH 00/58] Unit test framework for klp-build toolchain Josh Poimboeuf
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