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| author | Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> | 2026-08-07 14:37:52 -0700 |
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| committer | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2026-08-11 16:10:51 -0700 |
| commit | 72d76d0c18ebd40f6a32df875ff40528564849c1 (patch) | |
| tree | f57c488a9eef89dce5a4c97f73653f7aab3e417b /tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/stackcollapse-report | |
| parent | 86a697572c6271083694025eefa8de518eeef623 (diff) | |
objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports
klp_reloc_needed() returns true for module exports to support
late-module patching. However, clone_reloc_klp() unconditionally
rejects symbols without a twin (i.e., new references added by the
patch), even when the symbol is a known export from Module.symvers.
Relax the check: allow new references to exported symbols by only
erroring on !twin when there is no export. The export metadata from
Module.symvers provides sufficient context to emit the klp-relocation
without a twin.
For a module export that isn't sufficient on its own though, as the
resulting klp relocation will only be resolved at patch-enable time if
the exporting module is loaded.
If the original (unpatched) module already depends on the exporting
module, the dependency is safe: the module loader ensures the dependency
is satisfied before the patched module can be loaded, so the
klp relocation target will exist.
However, if the patch introduces a reference to a module that the
original doesn't depend on, there is no such guarantee. The exporting
module could be absent or could be unloaded at any time, leading to a
relocation failure or use-after-free.
So also add a build-time check: when a new symbol reference (no twin)
targets a module export, verify that the original module already has at
least one UNDEF symbol resolving to that same exporting module. If not,
error out with a diagnostic message.
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e0d725acb4774747f0e271308b4ca33daae2d5db.1786138493.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
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