linux-toradex.git/tools/objtool/tests/generic/test-special-section-shared.sh, branch master Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules objtool/klp: Add test for selective special section extraction 2026-09-21T09:03:07+00:00 Puranjay Mohan puranjay@kernel.org 2026-09-16T18:43:11+00:00 229ad17366de138ae8c4492d0c965d93bc848f4c Two functions contribute entries to one special section but only one is patched. Cloning the neighbouring entry drags in whatever it points at, which is how a livepatch ends up holding relocations against unrelated code. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260916184351.2720310-19-song@kernel.org 
Two functions contribute entries to one special section but only one is
patched.  Cloning the neighbouring entry drags in whatever it points at,
which is how a livepatch ends up holding relocations against unrelated
code.

Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260916184351.2720310-19-song@kernel.org