[PATCH 3/3] objtool: optimize add_dead_ends for split sections

From: Sami Tolvanen
Date: Tue Apr 21 2020 - 14:07:44 EST


When running objtool on vmlinux.o compiled with -ffunction-sections,
.rela.discard.(un)reachable often contains relocations that point to
a different section. Instead of iterating through the list of all
instructions each time, store a pointer to the last instruction of
each section when decoding instructions.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
tools/objtool/check.h | 4 ++++
tools/objtool/elf.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 4770fb07b365..7d4104de0a5e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static void clear_insn_state(struct insn_state *state)
static int decode_instructions(struct objtool_file *file)
{
struct section *sec;
+ struct section_info *sec_info = NULL;
struct symbol *func;
unsigned long offset;
struct instruction *insn;
@@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ static int decode_instructions(struct objtool_file *file)
strncmp(sec->name, ".discard.", 9))
sec->text = true;

+ insn = NULL;
+
for (offset = 0; offset < sec->len; offset += insn->len) {
insn = malloc(sizeof(*insn));
if (!insn) {
@@ -279,6 +282,17 @@ static int decode_instructions(struct objtool_file *file)
nr_insns++;
}

+ if (insn) {
+ sec_info = malloc(sizeof(*sec_info));
+ if (!sec_info) {
+ WARN("malloc failed");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ sec_info->last_insn = insn;
+ sec->section_info = sec_info;
+ }
+
list_for_each_entry(func, &sec->symbol_list, list) {
if (func->type != STT_FUNC || func->alias != func)
continue;
@@ -312,7 +326,6 @@ static int add_dead_ends(struct objtool_file *file)
struct section *sec;
struct rela *rela;
struct instruction *insn;
- bool found;

/*
* By default, "ud2" is a dead end unless otherwise annotated, because
@@ -338,15 +351,13 @@ static int add_dead_ends(struct objtool_file *file)
if (insn)
insn = list_prev_entry(insn, list);
else if (rela->addend == rela->sym->sec->len) {
- found = false;
- list_for_each_entry_reverse(insn, &file->insn_list, list) {
- if (insn->sec == rela->sym->sec) {
- found = true;
- break;
- }
- }
+ struct section_info *sec_info = (struct section_info *)
+ rela->sym->sec->section_info;
+
+ if (sec_info)
+ insn = sec_info->last_insn;

- if (!found) {
+ if (!insn) {
WARN("can't find unreachable insn at %s+0x%x",
rela->sym->sec->name, rela->addend);
return -1;
@@ -380,15 +391,13 @@ static int add_dead_ends(struct objtool_file *file)
if (insn)
insn = list_prev_entry(insn, list);
else if (rela->addend == rela->sym->sec->len) {
- found = false;
- list_for_each_entry_reverse(insn, &file->insn_list, list) {
- if (insn->sec == rela->sym->sec) {
- found = true;
- break;
- }
- }
+ struct section_info *sec_info = (struct section_info *)
+ rela->sym->sec->section_info;
+
+ if (sec_info)
+ insn = sec_info->last_insn;

- if (!found) {
+ if (!insn) {
WARN("can't find reachable insn at %s+0x%x",
rela->sym->sec->name, rela->addend);
return -1;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.h b/tools/objtool/check.h
index bc78eca7982e..353677ec85d4 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.h
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ struct instruction {
struct orc_entry orc;
};

+struct section_info {
+ struct instruction *last_insn;
+};
+
struct objtool_file {
struct elf *elf;
struct list_head insn_list;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/elf.h
index ebbb10c61e24..98f2b41d18e4 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct section {
int idx;
unsigned int len;
bool changed, text, rodata;
+ void *section_info;
};

struct symbol {
--
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