[tip: objtool/core] objtool: Add --backup

From: tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat Mar 06 2021 - 06:49:27 EST


The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 8ad15c6900840e8a2163012f4581c52127622e02
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8ad15c6900840e8a2163012f4581c52127622e02
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:59:59 +01:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:44:23 +01:00

objtool: Add --backup

Teach objtool to write backups files, such that it becomes easier to
see what objtool did to the object file.

Backup files will be ${name}.orig.

Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YD4obT3aoXPWl7Ax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 4 +-
tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h | 3 +-
tools/objtool/objtool.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index c3a85d8..97f063d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
#include <objtool/builtin.h>
#include <objtool/objtool.h>

-bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module, backtrace, uaccess, stats, validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr;
+bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module, backtrace, uaccess, stats,
+ validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr, backup;

static const char * const check_usage[] = {
"objtool check [<options>] file.o",
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "noinstr", &noinstr, "noinstr validation for vmlinux.o"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "vmlinux", &vmlinux, "vmlinux.o validation"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "mcount", &mcount, "generate __mcount_loc"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('B', "backup", &backup, "create .orig files before modification"),
OPT_END(),
};

diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
index 2502bb2..d019210 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>

extern const struct option check_options[];
-extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module, backtrace, uaccess, stats, validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr;
+extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module, backtrace, uaccess, stats,
+ validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr, backup;

extern int cmd_check(int argc, const char **argv);
extern int cmd_orc(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/objtool.c b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
index 7b97ce4..43c1836 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/objtool.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
#include <subcmd/pager.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -44,6 +45,64 @@ bool help;
const char *objname;
static struct objtool_file file;

+static bool objtool_create_backup(const char *_objname)
+{
+ int len = strlen(_objname);
+ char *buf, *base, *name = malloc(len+6);
+ int s, d, l, t;
+
+ if (!name) {
+ perror("failed backup name malloc");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ strcpy(name, _objname);
+ strcpy(name + len, ".orig");
+
+ d = open(name, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC, 0644);
+ if (d < 0) {
+ perror("failed to create backup file");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ s = open(_objname, O_RDONLY);
+ if (s < 0) {
+ perror("failed to open orig file");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ buf = malloc(4096);
+ if (!buf) {
+ perror("failed backup data malloc");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ while ((l = read(s, buf, 4096)) > 0) {
+ base = buf;
+ do {
+ t = write(d, base, l);
+ if (t < 0) {
+ perror("failed backup write");
+ return false;
+ }
+ base += t;
+ l -= t;
+ } while (l);
+ }
+
+ if (l < 0) {
+ perror("failed backup read");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ free(name);
+ free(buf);
+ close(d);
+ close(s);
+
+ return true;
+}
+
struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *_objname)
{
if (objname) {
@@ -59,6 +118,11 @@ struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *_objname)
if (!file.elf)
return NULL;

+ if (backup && !objtool_create_backup(objname)) {
+ WARN("can't create backup file");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.insn_list);
hash_init(file.insn_hash);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.static_call_list);