From 25eac74b6bdbf6d15911b582e747e8ad12fcbf8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:03:36 -0700
Subject: objtool: Add section/symbol type helpers

Add some helper macros to improve readability.

Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tools/objtool/include')

diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 4d5f27b49724..f2dbcaa42a9c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <gelf.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
@@ -178,11 +179,71 @@ static inline unsigned int elf_text_rela_type(struct elf *elf)
 	return elf_addr_size(elf) == 4 ? R_TEXT32 : R_TEXT64;
 }
 
+static inline bool sym_has_sec(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->sec->idx;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_null_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return !sym->idx;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_sec_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->type == STT_SECTION;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_object_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->type == STT_OBJECT;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_func_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->type == STT_FUNC;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_file_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->type == STT_FILE;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_notype_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->type == STT_NOTYPE;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_global_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->bind == STB_GLOBAL;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_weak_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->bind == STB_WEAK;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_local_sym(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return sym->bind == STB_LOCAL;
+}
+
 static inline bool is_reloc_sec(struct section *sec)
 {
 	return sec->sh.sh_type == SHT_RELA || sec->sh.sh_type == SHT_REL;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_string_sec(struct section *sec)
+{
+	return sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_STRINGS;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_text_sec(struct section *sec)
+{
+	return sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR;
+}
+
 static inline bool sec_changed(struct section *sec)
 {
 	return sec->_changed;
@@ -223,6 +284,11 @@ static inline bool is_32bit_reloc(struct reloc *reloc)
 	return reloc->sec->sh.sh_entsize < 16;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long sec_size(struct section *sec)
+{
+	return sec->sh.sh_size;
+}
+
 #define __get_reloc_field(reloc, field)					\
 ({									\
 	is_32bit_reloc(reloc) ?						\
-- 
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