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>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH 32/48] objtool: Add is_cold_func() helper
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:04:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8eea11ea7d0efc5fcd2e57a10c4285fe998f0cec.1776916871.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1776916871.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Add an is_cold_func() helper. The sym->cold bit is redundant and can be
removed.
No functional changes intended.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 6 +++---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 9 +++++----
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 6 +++++-
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 4c18d6e7f6c3..4ed27c53c718 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ static void mark_holes(struct objtool_file *file)
if (insn->jump_dest) {
struct symbol *dest_func = insn_func(insn->jump_dest);
- if (dest_func && dest_func->cold)
+ if (dest_func && is_cold_func(dest_func))
dest_func->ignore = true;
}
}
@@ -4426,8 +4426,8 @@ static int create_prefix_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
char name[SYM_NAME_LEN];
struct cfi_state *cfi;
- if (!is_func_sym(func) || is_prefix_func(func) ||
- func->cold || func->static_call_tramp)
+ if (!is_func_sym(func) || is_prefix_func(func) || is_cold_func(func) ||
+ func->static_call_tramp)
return 0;
if ((strlen(func->name) + sizeof("__pfx_") > SYM_NAME_LEN)) {
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 00c2389f345f..8a6e1338af97 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -586,8 +586,11 @@ static int elf_add_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
if (strstarts(sym->name, ".klp.sym"))
sym->klp = 1;
+ sym->pfunc = sym->cfunc = sym;
+
if (!sym->klp && !is_sec_sym(sym) && strstr(sym->name, ".cold")) {
- sym->cold = 1;
+ /* Tell read_symbols() this is a cold subfunction */
+ sym->pfunc = NULL;
/*
* Clang doesn't mark cold subfunctions as STT_FUNC, which
@@ -596,8 +599,6 @@ static int elf_add_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
sym->type = STT_FUNC;
}
- sym->pfunc = sym->cfunc = sym;
-
return 0;
}
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
char *pname;
size_t pnamelen;
- if (!sym->cold)
+ if (sym->pfunc)
continue;
coldstr = strstr(sym->name, ".cold");
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 3abe4cbc584c..82b9fb05af26 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ struct symbol {
u8 frame_pointer : 1;
u8 ignore : 1;
u8 nocfi : 1;
- u8 cold : 1;
u8 prefix : 1;
u8 debug_checksum : 1;
u8 changed : 1;
@@ -289,6 +288,11 @@ static inline bool is_prefix_func(struct symbol *sym)
return sym->prefix;
}
+static inline bool is_cold_func(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+ return sym->pfunc != sym;
+}
+
static inline bool is_reloc_sec(struct section *sec)
{
return sec->sh.sh_type == SHT_RELA || sec->sh.sh_type == SHT_REL;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 1951a8b2df44..266f0d2ba4fe 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,8 @@ static int create_klp_sections(struct elfs *e)
unsigned long sympos;
void *func_data;
- if (!is_func_sym(sym) || sym->cold || !sym->clone || !sym->clone->changed)
+ if (!is_func_sym(sym) || is_cold_func(sym) ||
+ !sym->clone || !sym->clone->changed)
continue;
/* allocate klp_func_ext */
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 4:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 153+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 4:03 [PATCH 00/48] objtool/klp: Some klp-build fixes and improvements Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 01/48] objtool/klp: Fix is_uncorrelated_static_local() for Clang Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 18:45 ` Song Liu
2026-04-24 9:17 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 02/48] objtool/klp: Fix .data..once static local non-correlation Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 18:54 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 23:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 23:54 ` Song Liu
2026-04-24 9:21 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 03/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate __ADDRESSABLE() symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 9:23 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-24 9:34 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-27 19:00 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-28 6:35 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 04/48] objtool/klp: Ignore __UNIQUE_ID_*() PCI stub functions Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 19:05 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 19:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 21:33 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 23:50 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 23:54 ` Song Liu
2026-04-24 11:26 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 05/48] objtool: Move mark_rodata() to elf.c Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-24 11:36 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-24 20:41 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 06/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate rodata symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 11:54 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-28 15:46 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 07/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate absolute symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 12:04 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-24 20:56 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 08/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate __initstub__ symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 12:17 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-24 20:57 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 09/48] objtool/klp: Fix create_fake_symbols() skipping entsize-based sections Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:00 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 11:45 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 10/48] objtool/klp: Fix --debug-checksum for duplicate symbol names Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:06 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:12 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-28 16:30 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 11/48] objtool/klp: Fix handling of zero-length .altinstr_replacement sections Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:19 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 15:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-28 12:12 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 12/48] objtool/klp: Fix cloning of zero-length section symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:24 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:42 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 13/48] objtool/klp: Fix XXH3 state memory leak Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:28 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:42 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 14/48] objtool/klp: Fix extraction of text annotations for alternatives Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:37 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:42 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 15/48] objtool/klp: Fix kCFI trap handling Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:38 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:42 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 16/48] objtool/klp: Fix relocation conversion failures for R_X86_64_NONE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:35 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:42 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 17/48] objtool: Fix reloc hash collision in find_reloc_by_dest_range() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 16:34 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:47 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 12:42 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 18/48] klp-build: Fix hang on out-of-date .config Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:51 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 15:57 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 19/48] klp-build: Fix checksum comparison for changed offsets Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 20/48] klp-build: Don't use errexit Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:07 ` Song Liu
2026-04-30 6:50 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 21/48] klp-build: Validate patch file existence Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:53 ` Song Liu
2026-04-30 6:50 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 22/48] klp-build: Suppress excessive fuzz output by default Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:54 ` Song Liu
2026-04-30 7:00 ` Miroslav Benes
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 23/48] klp-build: Fix patch cleanup on interrupt Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:56 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 24/48] klp-build: Reject patches to vDSO Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:57 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 25/48] klp-build: Reject patches to realmode Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:57 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 26/48] objtool/klp: Don't set sym->file for section symbols Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-24 21:58 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 27/48] objtool: Include libsubcmd headers directly from source tree Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 21:59 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 28/48] objtool/klp: Create empty checksum sections for function-less object files Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:08 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 29/48] klp-build: Print "objtool klp diff" command in verbose mode Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:02 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 30/48] objtool/klp: Handle Clang .data..Lanon anonymous data sections Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:09 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:03 ` [PATCH 31/48] objtool: Add is_alias_sym() helper Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-24 22:10 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-04-23 8:38 ` [PATCH 32/48] objtool: Add is_cold_func() helper Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 15:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 15:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 19:23 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 33/48] objtool/klp: Extricate checksum calculation from validate_branch() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:14 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 34/48] objtool: Consolidate file decoding into decode_file() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-24 22:16 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 35/48] objtool/klp: Add "objtool klp checksum" subcommand Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:18 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 36/48] klp-build: Use " Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:24 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 37/48] objtool/klp: Remove "objtool --checksum" Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 22:25 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 38/48] klp-build: Validate short-circuit prerequisites Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-25 0:06 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 16:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 39/48] objtool: Replace iterator callbacks with for_each_sym_by_*() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-25 0:04 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 16:14 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 40/48] objtool/klp: Calculate object checksums Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 41/48] objtool/klp: Rewrite symbol correlation algorithm Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-25 0:53 ` Song Liu
2026-04-28 16:23 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-28 20:50 ` Song Liu
2026-04-30 14:53 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-30 15:11 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 42/48] objtool/klp: Add correlation debugging output Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-25 0:30 ` Song Liu
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 43/48] objtool: Add insn_sym() helper Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 15:14 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 44/48] objtool/klp: Fix position-dependent checksums for non-relocated jumps/calls Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 45/48] x86/Kconfig: Enable CONFIG_PREFIX_SYMBOLS for FineIBT Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 15:16 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 15:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 16:23 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 16:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-24 9:02 ` David Laight
2026-04-23 23:30 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 3:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-24 9:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-27 17:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-28 1:37 ` David Laight
2026-04-28 16:25 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 46/48] objtool/klp: Make function prefix handling more generic Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 47/48] objtool: Improve and simplify prefix symbol detection Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 8:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 15:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-23 15:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-04-23 4:04 ` [PATCH 48/48] objtool/klp: Cache dont_correlate() result Josh Poimboeuf
2026-04-25 1:19 ` Song Liu
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