The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 6d37b83c5d79ef5996cc49c3e3ac3d8ecd8c7050 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/6d37b83c5d79ef5996cc49c3e3ac3d8ecd8c7050 Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 06 May 2021 21:34:03 +02:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Wed, 12 May 2021 14:54:56 +02:00 objtool: Rewrite jump_label instructions When a jump_entry::key has bit1 set, rewrite the instruction to be a NOP. This allows the compiler/assembler to emit JMP (and thus decide on which encoding to use). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194158.091028792@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- tools/objtool/check.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c index 9ed1a4c..98cf87f 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/check.c +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c @@ -1234,6 +1234,20 @@ static int handle_jump_alt(struct objtool_file *file, return -1; } + if (special_alt->key_addend & 2) { + struct reloc *reloc = insn_reloc(file, orig_insn); + + if (reloc) { + reloc->type = R_NONE; + elf_write_reloc(file->elf, reloc); + } + elf_write_insn(file->elf, orig_insn->sec, + orig_insn->offset, orig_insn->len, + arch_nop_insn(orig_insn->len)); + orig_insn->type = INSN_NOP; + return 0; + } + *new_insn = list_next_entry(orig_insn, list); return 0; }