[PATCH] alloc_tag: remove empty module tag section
From: Casey Chen
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 12:24:19 EST
The empty MOD_CODETAG_SECTIONS() macro added an incomplete .data
section in module linker script, which caused symbol lookup tools
like gdb to misinterpret symbol addresses e.g., __ib_process_cq
incorrectly mapping to unrelated functions like below.
(gdb) disas __ib_process_cq
Dump of assembler code for function trace_event_fields_cq_schedule:
Removing the empty section restores proper symbol resolution and
layout, ensuring .data placement behaves as expected.
Fixes: 0db6f8d7820a ("alloc_tag: load module tags into separate contiguous memory")
22d407b164ff ("lib: add allocation tagging support for memory allocation profiling")
Signed-off-by: Casey Chen <cachen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yuanyuan Zhong <yzhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/codetag.lds.h | 6 ------
scripts/module.lds.S | 5 -----
2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/codetag.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/codetag.lds.h
index 372c320c5043..a45fe3d141a1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/codetag.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/codetag.lds.h
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
#define CODETAG_SECTIONS() \
SECTION_WITH_BOUNDARIES(alloc_tags)
-/*
- * Module codetags which aren't used after module unload, therefore have the
- * same lifespan as the module and can be safely unloaded with the module.
- */
-#define MOD_CODETAG_SECTIONS()
-
#define MOD_SEPARATE_CODETAG_SECTION(_name) \
.codetag.##_name : { \
SECTION_WITH_BOUNDARIES(_name) \
diff --git a/scripts/module.lds.S b/scripts/module.lds.S
index 711c6e029936..c071ca4beedd 100644
--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -50,17 +50,12 @@ SECTIONS {
.data : {
*(.data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
*(.data..L*)
- MOD_CODETAG_SECTIONS()
}
.rodata : {
*(.rodata .rodata.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)
*(.rodata..L*)
}
-#else
- .data : {
- MOD_CODETAG_SECTIONS()
- }
#endif
MOD_SEPARATE_CODETAG_SECTIONS()
}
--
2.34.1