Re: Kernel build error on BTFIDS vmlinux

Jiri Olsa
2020-08-18T09:14:23Z

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 10:55:55AM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
>
> On latest DaveM net-git tree (06a4ec1d9dc652), after linking (LD vmlinux) the
> "BTFIDS vmlinux" fails. Are anybody else experiencing this? Are there already a
> fix? (just returned from vacation so not fully up-to-date on ML yet)
>
> The tool which is called and error message:
> ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids vmlinux
> FAILED elf_update(WRITE): invalid section alignment

hi,
could you send your .config as well?

thanks,
jirka

>
> Note, the tool is only called when CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is enabled.
>
> I saved a copy of vmlinux and ran the tool manually with verbose
> options, the output is provided below signature.
>
> - -
> Best regards,
> Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
>
> $ ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids -vv vmlinux.err.bak
> section(1) .text, size 12588824, link 0, flags 6, type=1
> section(2) .rodata, size 4424758, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(3) .pci_fixup, size 12736, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(4) __ksymtab, size 58620, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(5) __ksymtab_gpl, size 56592, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(6) __kcrctab, size 19540, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(7) __kcrctab_gpl, size 18864, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(8) __ksymtab_strings, size 180372, link 0, flags 32, type=1
> section(9) __param, size 14000, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(10) __modver, size 152, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(11) __ex_table, size 21864, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(12) .notes, size 60, link 0, flags 2, type=7
> section(13) .BTF, size 3345350, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(14) .BTF_ids, size 100, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(15) .data, size 2243456, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(16) __bug_table, size 87804, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(17) .orc_unwind_ip, size 1625580, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(18) .orc_unwind, size 2438370, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(19) .orc_lookup, size 196708, link 0, flags 3, type=8
> section(20) .vvar, size 4096, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(21) .data..percpu, size 178840, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(22) .init.text, size 349579, link 0, flags 6, type=1
> section(23) .altinstr_aux, size 3367, link 0, flags 6, type=1
> section(24) .init.data, size 1584032, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(25) .x86_cpu_dev.init, size 24, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(26) .parainstructions, size 316, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(27) .altinstructions, size 15015, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(28) .altinstr_replacement, size 3756, link 0, flags 6, type=1
> section(29) .iommu_table, size 160, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(30) .apicdrivers, size 32, link 0, flags 3, type=1
> section(31) .exit.text, size 5195, link 0, flags 6, type=1
> section(32) .smp_locks, size 32768, link 0, flags 2, type=1
> section(33) .data_nosave, size 0, link 0, flags 1, type=1
> section(34) .bss, size 3805184, link 0, flags 3, type=8
> section(35) .brk, size 155648, link 0, flags 3, type=8
> section(36) .comment, size 44, link 0, flags 30, type=1
> section(37) .debug_aranges, size 45684, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(38) .debug_info, size 129098181, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(39) .debug_abbrev, size 1152583, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(40) .debug_line, size 7374522, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(41) .debug_frame, size 702463, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(42) .debug_str, size 1017606, link 0, flags 830, type=1
> section(43) .debug_loc, size 3019453, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(44) .debug_ranges, size 1744583, link 0, flags 800, type=1
> section(45) .symtab, size 2955888, link 46, flags 0, type=2
> section(46) .strtab, size 2613072, link 0, flags 0, type=3
> section(47) .shstrtab, size 525, link 0, flags 0, type=3
> adding symbol seq_file
> adding symbol bpf_map
> adding symbol task_struct
> adding symbol file
> adding symbol bpf_prog
> adding symbol bpf_ctx_convert
> adding symbol sk_buff
> adding symbol xdp_buff
> adding symbol inet_sock
> adding symbol inet_connection_sock
> adding symbol inet_request_sock
> adding symbol inet_timewait_sock
> adding symbol request_sock
> adding symbol sock
> adding symbol sock_common
> adding symbol tcp_sock
> adding symbol tcp_request_sock
> adding symbol tcp_timewait_sock
> adding symbol tcp6_sock
> adding symbol udp_sock
> adding symbol udp6_sock
> adding symbol netlink_sock
> adding symbol fib6_info
> patching addr 36: ID 21502 [xdp_buff]
> patching addr 84: ID 63192 [udp_sock]
> patching addr 88: ID 63195 [udp6_sock]
> patching addr 76: ID 66968 [tcp_timewait_sock]
> patching addr 68: ID 61353 [tcp_sock]
> patching addr 72: ID 61567 [tcp_request_sock]
> patching addr 80: ID 63196 [tcp6_sock]
> patching addr 12: ID 169 [task_struct]
> patching addr 28: ID 169 [task_struct]
> patching addr 64: ID 4401 [sock_common]
> patching addr 60: ID 2894 [sock]
> patching addr 32: ID 3116 [sk_buff]
> patching addr 0: ID 1683 [seq_file]
> patching addr 4: ID 1683 [seq_file]
> patching addr 56: ID 4458 [request_sock]
> patching addr 92: ID 65748 [netlink_sock]
> patching addr 52: ID 66629 [inet_timewait_sock]
> patching addr 40: ID 37652 [inet_sock]
> patching addr 48: ID 61566 [inet_request_sock]
> patching addr 44: ID 61337 [inet_connection_sock]
> patching addr 16: ID 491 [file]
> patching addr 96: ID 56653 [fib6_info]
> patching addr 20: ID 3099 [bpf_prog]
> patching addr 8: ID 1926 [bpf_map]
> patching addr 24: ID 21629 [bpf_ctx_convert]
> FAILED elf_update(WRITE): invalid section alignment
> update failed for vmlinux.err.bak
>
>
> diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> index e6e2d9e5ff48..718b2c0ee7ea 100755
> --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ cleanup()
> rm -f .tmp_System.map
> rm -f .tmp_vmlinux*
> rm -f System.map
> + cp vmlinux vmlinux.err.bak
> rm -f vmlinux
> rm -f vmlinux.o
> }
>