"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Since commit d1bcae833b32f1 ("ELF: Don't generate unused section > symbols") [1], binutils (v2.36+) started dropping section symbols that > it thought were unused. This isn't an issue in general, but with > kexec_file.c, gcc is placing kexec_arch_apply_relocations[_add] into a > separate .text.unlikely section and the section symbol ".text.unlikely" > is being dropped. Due to this, recordmcount is unable to find a non-weak > symbol in .text.unlikely to generate a relocation record against. > > Address this by dropping the weak attribute from these functions: > - arch_kexec_apply_relocations() is not overridden by any architecture > today, so just drop the weak attribute. > - arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add() is only overridden by x86 and s390. > Retain the function prototype for those and move the weak > implementation into the header as a static inline for other > architectures. > > [1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=d1bcae833b32f1 > > Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/kexec.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > kernel/kexec_file.c | 19 +------------------ > 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) I think it could be cleaner done with the #define foo foo style, see patch below. It does have its downsides, but for a simple hook like this I think it's not too bad. cheers (only build tested) diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h index 7f3c9ac34bd8..e818b58ccc43 100644 --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void *kexec_file_add_components(struct kimage *image, int arch_kexec_do_relocs(int r_type, void *loc, unsigned long val, unsigned long addr); +#define arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add + #define ARCH_HAS_KIMAGE_ARCH struct kimage_arch { diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h index 11b7c06e2828..58e3939a350a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h @@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ extern int arch_kexec_post_alloc_pages(void *vaddr, unsigned int pages, extern void arch_kexec_pre_free_pages(void *vaddr, unsigned int pages); #define arch_kexec_pre_free_pages arch_kexec_pre_free_pages +#define arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add + #endif typedef void crash_vmclear_fn(void); diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c index 8347fc158d2b..6f07acb59f29 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ int __weak arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig(struct kimage *image, void *buf, } #endif +#ifndef arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add /* * arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add - apply relocations of type RELA * @pi: Purgatory to be relocated. @@ -117,14 +118,16 @@ int __weak arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig(struct kimage *image, void *buf, * * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. */ -int __weak +int arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section, const Elf_Shdr *relsec, const Elf_Shdr *symtab) { pr_err("RELA relocation unsupported.\n"); return -ENOEXEC; } +#endif +#ifndef arch_kexec_apply_relocations /* * arch_kexec_apply_relocations - apply relocations of type REL * @pi: Purgatory to be relocated. @@ -134,13 +137,14 @@ arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section, * * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error. */ -int __weak +int arch_kexec_apply_relocations(struct purgatory_info *pi, Elf_Shdr *section, const Elf_Shdr *relsec, const Elf_Shdr *symtab) { pr_err("REL relocation unsupported.\n"); return -ENOEXEC; } +#endif /* * Free up memory used by kernel, initrd, and command line. This is temporary _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec