[PATCH v2 27/62] objtool: Mark .cold subfunctions

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri May 09 2025 - 16:23:11 EST


Introduce a flag to identify .cold subfunctions so they can be detected
easier and faster.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 14 ++++++--------
tools/objtool/elf.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index d53438865d68..043c36b70f26 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -1581,7 +1581,9 @@ static int add_jump_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
/*
* Cross-function jump.
*/
- if (func && insn_func(jump_dest) && func != insn_func(jump_dest)) {
+
+ if (func && insn_func(jump_dest) && !func->cold &&
+ insn_func(jump_dest)->cold) {

/*
* For GCC 8+, create parent/child links for any cold
@@ -1598,11 +1600,8 @@ static int add_jump_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
* case where the parent function's only reference to a
* subfunction is through a jump table.
*/
- if (!strstr(func->name, ".cold") &&
- strstr(insn_func(jump_dest)->name, ".cold")) {
- func->cfunc = insn_func(jump_dest);
- insn_func(jump_dest)->pfunc = func;
- }
+ func->cfunc = insn_func(jump_dest);
+ insn_func(jump_dest)->pfunc = func;
}

if (jump_is_sibling_call(file, insn, jump_dest)) {
@@ -4066,9 +4065,8 @@ static bool ignore_unreachable_insn(struct objtool_file *file, struct instructio
* If this hole jumps to a .cold function, mark it ignore too.
*/
if (insn->jump_dest && insn_func(insn->jump_dest) &&
- strstr(insn_func(insn->jump_dest)->name, ".cold")) {
+ insn_func(insn->jump_dest)->cold)
insn_func(insn->jump_dest)->ignore = true;
- }
}

return false;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index d36c0d42fd7b..59568381486c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ static void elf_add_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
list_add(&sym->list, entry);
elf_hash_add(symbol, &sym->hash, sym->idx);
elf_hash_add(symbol_name, &sym->name_hash, str_hash(sym->name));
+
+ if (is_func_sym(sym) && strstr(sym->name, ".cold"))
+ sym->cold = 1;
+ sym->pfunc = sym->cfunc = sym;
}

static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
@@ -527,18 +531,15 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
sec_for_each_sym(sec, sym) {
char *pname;
size_t pnamelen;
- if (!is_func_sym(sym))
+
+ if (!sym->cold)
continue;

- if (sym->pfunc == NULL)
- sym->pfunc = sym;
-
- if (sym->cfunc == NULL)
- sym->cfunc = sym;
-
coldstr = strstr(sym->name, ".cold");
- if (!coldstr)
- continue;
+ if (!coldstr) {
+ ERROR("%s(): cold subfunction without \".cold\"?", sym->name);
+ return -1;
+ }

pnamelen = coldstr - sym->name;
pname = strndup(sym->name, pnamelen);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 0914dadece0b..f41496b0ad8f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct symbol {
u8 local_label : 1;
u8 frame_pointer : 1;
u8 ignore : 1;
+ u8 cold : 1;
struct list_head pv_target;
struct reloc *relocs;
struct section *group_sec;
--
2.49.0