Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] objtool: vmlinux.o and CLANG LTO support

From: Sedat Dilek
Date: Fri Jan 22 2021 - 21:51:37 EST


On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:46 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 03:31:20AM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:26 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 05:32:43PM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > > In this specific case, find_func_by_offset returns NULL for
> > > > > .text..L.cfi.jumptable.43 at addend 0x8, because Clang doesn't emit
> > > > > jump table symbols for static functions:
> > > > >
> > > > > 0000000000000000 <__typeid__ZTSFjmiE_global_addr>:
> > > > > 0: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq 5 <__typeid__ZTSFjmiE_global_addr+0x5>
> > > > > 1: R_X86_64_PLT32 io_serial_in-0x4
> > > > > 5: cc int3
> > > > > 6: cc int3
> > > > > 7: cc int3
> > > > > 8: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq d <__typeid__ZTSFjmiE_global_addr+0xd>
> > > > > 9: R_X86_64_PLT32 mem32_serial_in-0x4
> > > > > d: cc int3
> > > > > e: cc int3
> > > > > f: cc int3
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick, do you remember if there were plans to change this?
> > > >
> > > > Do you have a link to any previous discussion to help jog my mind; I
> > > > don't really remember this one.
> > > >
> > > > Is it that `__typeid__ZTSFjmiE_global_addr` is the synthesized jump
> > > > table, and yet there is no `__typeid__ZTSFjmiE_global_addr` entry in
> > > > the symbol table?
> > >
> > > I think he means there's not a 'mem32_serial_in.cfi_jt' symbol at
> > > '__typeid__ZTSFjmiE_global_addr+8'. Probably more aggressive symbol
> > > pruning from the assembler.
> > >
> > > It's fine though. I just need to rewrite the CFI support a bit.
> > >
> > > But that can come later. For now I'll just drop the two CFI-related
> > > patches from this set so I can merge the others next week.
> > >
> >
> > Two CFI-related patches?
> >
> > What's the other than "objtool: Add CONFIG_CFI_CLANG support"?
>
> I was referring to patches 10 and 11:
>
> objtool: Move unsuffixed symbol conversion to a helper function
> objtool: Add CONFIG_CFI_CLANG support
>

OK, thanks.

I will test with a revert of these two patches in another scenario
where I have problems with Clang's IAS but not with GNU AS.

- Sedat -

> You can just drop those patches from your testing (and don't test with
> CFI).
>
> > Do you plan (or offer) a v3 of objtool-vmlinux?
>
> Not unless there are any more comments.
>
> --
> Josh
>
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