linux/tools/objtool, branch v5.14

Merge tags 'objtool-urgent-2021-06-28' and 'objtool-core-2021-06-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2021-06-28T18:35:55Z

Pull objtool fix and updates from Ingo Molnar: "An ELF format fix for a section flags mismatch bug that breaks kernel tooling such as kpatch-build. The biggest change in this cycle is the new code to handle and rewrite variable sized jump labels - which results in slightly tighter code generation in hot paths, through the use of short(er) NOPs. Also a number of cleanups and fixes, and a change to the generic include/linux/compiler.h to handle a s390 GCC quirk" * tag 'objtool-urgent-2021-06-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: objtool: Don't make .altinstructions writable * tag 'objtool-core-2021-06-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: objtool: Improve reloc hash size guestimate instrumentation.h: Avoid using inline asm operand modifiers compiler.h: Avoid using inline asm operand modifiers kbuild: Fix objtool dependency for 'OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_ := n' objtool: Reflow handle_jump_alt() jump_label/x86: Remove unused JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE jump_label, x86: Allow short NOPs objtool: Provide stats for jump_labels objtool: Rewrite jump_label instructions objtool: Decode jump_entry::key addend jump_label, x86: Emit short JMP jump_label: Free jump_entry::key bit1 for build use jump_label, x86: Add variable length patching support jump_label, x86: Introduce jump_entry_size() jump_label, x86: Improve error when we fail expected text jump_label, x86: Factor out the __jump_table generation jump_label, x86: Strip ASM jump_label support x86, objtool: Dont exclude arch/x86/realmode/ objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing

objtool: Don't make .altinstructions writable

2021-06-24T06:55:20Z

When objtool creates the .altinstructions section, it sets the SHF_WRITE flag to make the section writable -- unless the section had already been previously created by the kernel. The mismatch between kernel-created and objtool-created section flags can cause failures with external tooling (kpatch-build). And the section doesn't need to be writable anyway. Make the section flags consistent with the kernel's. Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls") Reported-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6c284ae89717889ea136f9f0064d914cd8329d31.1624462939.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com

objtool: Improve reloc hash size guestimate

2021-06-14T12:05:36Z

Nathan reported that LLVM ThinLTO builds have a performance regression with commit 25cf0d8aa2a3 ("objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing"). Sami was quick to note that this is due to their use of -ffunction-sections. As a result the .text section is small and basing the number of relocs off of that no longer works. Instead have read_sections() compute the sum of all SHF_EXECINSTR sections and use that. Fixes: 25cf0d8aa2a3 ("objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing") Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor Debugged-by: Sami Tolvanen Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YMJpGLuGNsGtA5JJ@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

objtool: Only rewrite unconditional retpoline thunk calls

2021-06-11T06:53:06Z

It turns out that the compilers generate conditional branches to the retpoline thunks like: 5d5: 0f 85 00 00 00 00 jne 5db 5d7: R_X86_64_PLT32 __x86_indirect_thunk_r11-0x4 while the rewrite can only handle JMP/CALL to the thunks. The result is the alternative wrecking the code. Make sure to skip writing the alternatives for conditional branches. Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls") Reported-by: Lukasz Majczak Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor

objtool: Fix .symtab_shndx handling for elf_create_undef_symbol()

2021-06-10T08:08:24Z

When an ELF object uses extended symbol section indexes (IOW it has a .symtab_shndx section), these must be kept in sync with the regular symbol table (.symtab). So for every new symbol we emit, make sure to also emit a .symtab_shndx value to keep the arrays of equal size. Note: since we're writing an UNDEF symbol, most GElf_Sym fields will be 0 and we can repurpose one (st_size) to host the 0 for the xshndx value. Fixes: 2f2f7e47f052 ("objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()") Reported-by: Nick Desaulniers Suggested-by: Fangrui Song Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YL3q1qFO9QIRL/BA@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

objtool: Reflow handle_jump_alt()

2021-05-14T07:00:10Z

Miroslav figured the code flow in handle_jump_alt() was sub-optimal with that goto. Reflow the code to make it clearer. Reported-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YJ00lgslY+IpA/rL@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

objtool/x86: Fix elf_add_alternative() endianness

2021-05-12T19:17:01Z

Currently x86 kernel cross-compiled on big endian system fails at boot with: kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:258! Corresponding bug condition look like the following: BUG_ON(feature >= (NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS) * 32); Fix that by converting alternative feature/cpuid to target endianness. Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls") Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/patch-2.thread-6c9df9.git-6c9df9a8098d.your-ad-here.call-01620841104-ext-2554@work.hours

objtool: Fix elf_create_undef_symbol() endianness

2021-05-12T19:16:53Z

Currently x86 cross-compilation fails on big endian system with: x86_64-cross-ld: init/main.o: invalid string offset 488112128 >= 6229 for section `.strtab' Mark new ELF data in elf_create_undef_symbol() as symbol, so that libelf does endianness handling correctly. Fixes: 2f2f7e47f052 ("objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()") Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/patch-1.thread-6c9df9.git-d39264656387.your-ad-here.call-01620841104-ext-2554@work.hours

objtool: Provide stats for jump_labels

2021-05-12T12:54:56Z

Add objtool --stats to count the jump_label sites it encounters. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194158.153101906@infradead.org

objtool: Rewrite jump_label instructions

2021-05-12T12:54:56Z

When a jump_entry::key has bit1 set, rewrite the instruction to be a NOP. This allows the compiler/assembler to emit JMP (and thus decide on which encoding to use). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194158.091028792@infradead.org