From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jbaron@akamai.com,
louis.chauvet@bootlin.com, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>,
kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v13 01/36] dyndbg: fix NULL ptr on i386 due to section mis-alignment
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 14:01:36 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408200211.43821-2-jim.cromie@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408200211.43821-1-jim.cromie@gmail.com>
When dyndbg classmaps get used (later in this series), the
__dyndbg_classes section (which has 28 byte structs on i386), causes
mis-alignment of the following __dyndbg section, resulting in a NULL
pointer deref in dynamic_debug_init().
Fix this by:
Adding ALIGN(8) to the BOUNDED_SECTION* macros. This aligns all
sections using those macros, including the problem section above.
Almost all the other macro uses are already ALIGN(8), either
directly or by being below one.
Removing BOUNDED_SECTION* uses in ORC_UNWINDER sections. These
explicitly have smaller alignments, and using the modified macros here
would override that aligment, which scripts/sorttable.c does not
tolerate.
Move __dyndbg section back above __dyndbg_classes, restoring its
orignal position. This is cosmetic, given the alignment added to the
macros.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202601211325.7e1f336-lkp@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 1e1580febe4b..58daa551420b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -212,11 +212,13 @@
#endif
#define BOUNDED_SECTION_PRE_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \
+ . = ALIGN(8); \
_BEGIN_##_label_ = .; \
KEEP(*(_sec_)) \
_END_##_label_ = .;
#define BOUNDED_SECTION_POST_LABEL(_sec_, _label_, _BEGIN_, _END_) \
+ . = ALIGN(8); \
_label_##_BEGIN_ = .; \
KEEP(*(_sec_)) \
_label_##_END_ = .;
@@ -869,15 +871,21 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC
#define ORC_UNWIND_TABLE \
.orc_header : AT(ADDR(.orc_header) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(.orc_header, _orc_header) \
+ __start_orc_header = .; \
+ KEEP(*(.orc_header)) \
+ __stop_orc_header = .; \
} \
. = ALIGN(4); \
.orc_unwind_ip : AT(ADDR(.orc_unwind_ip) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(.orc_unwind_ip, _orc_unwind_ip) \
+ __start_orc_unwind_ip = .; \
+ KEEP(*(.orc_unwind_ip)) \
+ __stop_orc_unwind_ip = .; \
} \
. = ALIGN(2); \
.orc_unwind : AT(ADDR(.orc_unwind) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(.orc_unwind, _orc_unwind) \
+ __start_orc_unwind = .; \
+ KEEP(*(.orc_unwind)) \
+ __stop_orc_unwind = .; \
} \
text_size = _etext - _stext; \
. = ALIGN(4); \
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-08 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-08 20:01 [PATCH v13 00/36] fix dynamic-debug classmaps regression for DRM Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` Jim Cromie [this message]
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 02/36] vmlinux.lds.h: move BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros to reuse later Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 03/36] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 04/36] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 05/36] dyndbg: factor ddebug_match_desc out from ddebug_change Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 06/36] dyndbg: add stub macro for DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 07/36] docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 08/36] docs/dyndbg: explain flags parse 1st Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 09/36] test-dyndbg: fixup CLASSMAP usage error Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 10/36] dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_" Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 11/36] dyndbg: make ddebug_class_param union members same size Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 12/36] dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARRAY Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 13/36] dyndbg: tweak pr_fmt to avoid expansion conflicts Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 14/36] dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 15/36] dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 16/36] dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 17/36] dyndbg: replace classmap list with a vector Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 18/36] dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 19/36] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 20/36] dyndbg: move mod_name down from struct ddebug_table to _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 21/36] dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 22/36] dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 23/36] selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:01 ` [PATCH v13 24/36] dyndbg: change __dynamic_func_call_cls* macros into expressions Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 25/36] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 26/36] dyndbg: detect class_id reservation conflicts Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 27/36] dyndbg: check DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_{DEFINE,USE_} args at compile-time Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 28/36] dyndbg-test: change do_prints testpoint to accept a loopct Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 29/36] dyndbg-API: promote DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_PARAM to API Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 30/36] dyndbg: treat comma as a token separator Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 31/36] dyndbg: split multi-query strings with % Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 32/36] selftests-dyndbg: add test_mod_submod Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 33/36] dyndbg: resolve "protection" of class'd pr_debug Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 34/36] dyndbg: harden classmap and descriptor validation Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 35/36] docs/dyndbg: add classmap info to howto Jim Cromie
2026-04-08 20:02 ` [PATCH v13 36/36] dyndbg: Ignore additional arguments from pr_fmt Jim Cromie
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