From 4c56eb33e603c3b9eb4bd24efbfdd0283c1c37e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masahiro Yamada Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 03:51:41 +0900 Subject: kbuild: keep symbols for symbol_get() even with CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS Linus observed that the symbol_request(utf8_data_table) call fails when CONFIG_UNICODE=y and CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y. symbol_get() relies on the symbol data being present in the ksymtab for symbol lookups. However, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(utf8_data_table) is dropped due to CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS, as no module references it in this case. Probably, this has been broken since commit dbacb0ef670d ("kconfig option for TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS"). This commit addresses the issue by leveraging modpost. Symbol names passed to symbol_get() are recorded in the special .no_trim_symbol section, which is then parsed by modpost to forcibly keep such symbols. The .no_trim_symbol section is discarded by the linker scripts, so there is no impact on the size of the final vmlinux or modules. This commit cannot resolve the issue for direct calls to __symbol_get() because the symbol name is not known at compile-time. Although symbol_get() may eventually be deprecated, this workaround should be good enough meanwhile. Reported-by: Linus Torvalds Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/mod/modpost.h | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts/mod') diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index e18ae7dc8140..36b28987a2f0 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -507,6 +507,9 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename) info->modinfo_len = sechdrs[i].sh_size; } else if (!strcmp(secname, ".export_symbol")) { info->export_symbol_secndx = i; + } else if (!strcmp(secname, ".no_trim_symbol")) { + info->no_trim_symbol = (void *)hdr + sechdrs[i].sh_offset; + info->no_trim_symbol_len = sechdrs[i].sh_size; } if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) { @@ -1566,6 +1569,14 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname) /* strip trailing .o */ mod = new_module(modname, strlen(modname) - strlen(".o")); + /* save .no_trim_symbol section for later use */ + if (info.no_trim_symbol_len) { + mod->no_trim_symbol = xmalloc(info.no_trim_symbol_len); + memcpy(mod->no_trim_symbol, info.no_trim_symbol, + info.no_trim_symbol_len); + mod->no_trim_symbol_len = info.no_trim_symbol_len; + } + if (!mod->is_vmlinux) { license = get_modinfo(&info, "license"); if (!license) @@ -1728,6 +1739,28 @@ static void handle_white_list_exports(const char *white_list) free(buf); } +/* + * Keep symbols recorded in the .no_trim_symbol section. This is necessary to + * prevent CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS from dropping EXPORT_SYMBOL because + * symbol_get() relies on the symbol being present in the ksymtab for lookups. + */ +static void keep_no_trim_symbols(struct module *mod) +{ + unsigned long size = mod->no_trim_symbol_len; + + for (char *s = mod->no_trim_symbol; s; s = next_string(s , &size)) { + struct symbol *sym; + + /* + * If find_symbol() returns NULL, this symbol is not provided + * by any module, and symbol_get() will fail. + */ + sym = find_symbol(s); + if (sym) + sym->used = true; + } +} + static void check_modname_len(struct module *mod) { const char *mod_name; @@ -2254,6 +2287,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) read_symbols_from_files(files_source); list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) { + keep_no_trim_symbols(mod); + if (mod->dump_file || mod->is_vmlinux) continue; diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h index ffd0a52a606e..59366f456b76 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ struct module_alias { * * @dump_file: path to the .symvers file if loaded from a file * @aliases: list head for module_aliases + * @no_trim_symbol: .no_trim_symbol section data + * @no_trim_symbol_len: length of the .no_trim_symbol section */ struct module { struct list_head list; @@ -128,6 +130,8 @@ struct module { // Actual imported namespaces struct list_head imported_namespaces; struct list_head aliases; + char *no_trim_symbol; + unsigned int no_trim_symbol_len; char name[]; }; @@ -141,6 +145,8 @@ struct elf_info { char *strtab; char *modinfo; unsigned int modinfo_len; + char *no_trim_symbol; + unsigned int no_trim_symbol_len; /* support for 32bit section numbers */ -- cgit v1.2.3 From b28fb1f2ef45eeef1cd2c23149b50d184d545a3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:04:29 +0100 Subject: modpost: Fix a few typos in a comment MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Namely: s/becasue/because/ and s/wiht/with/ plus an added article. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'scripts/mod') diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 36b28987a2f0..c35d22607978 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ static struct module *new_module(const char *name, size_t namelen) /* * Set mod->is_gpl_compatible to true by default. If MODULE_LICENSE() - * is missing, do not check the use for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() becasue - * modpost will exit wiht error anyway. + * is missing, do not check the use for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() because + * modpost will exit with an error anyway. */ mod->is_gpl_compatible = true; -- cgit v1.2.3