Re: [RFC 00/31] objtool, livepatch: Livepatch module generation

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On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:39:18AM -0400, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> and now a happy kernel build and boot.

Thanks!

> A klp-build of the usual cmdline.patch succeeds, however it generates
> some strange relocations:
> 
>   Relocation section '.rela.text' at offset 0x238 contains 6 entries:
>       Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
>   0000000000000016  0000004600000004 R_X86_64_PLT32         0000000000000000 __kmalloc_noprof - 4
>   0000000000000035  0000004e00000004 R_X86_64_PLT32         0000000000000000 __fentry__ - 4
>   000000000000003c  0000000000000000 R_X86_64_NONE                             -4
>   
>   Relocation section '.rela.klp.relocs' at offset 0x1168 contains 2 entries:
>       Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
>   0000000000000000  0000000700000001 R_X86_64_64            0000000000000000 .text + 3c
>   0000000000000008  0000000000000001 R_X86_64_64                               -4
>   
>   Relocation section '.klp.rela.h..text' at offset 0x53f18 contains 1 entry: 
>       Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name + Addend
>   000000000000003c  0000000000000002 R_X86_64_PC32                             -4
> 
> No bueno.  FWIW, Song's 0001-test-klp.patch does seem to build w/o odd
> relocations and it loads fine.

Grr, I'm guessing more toolchain issues.  A lot of tools don't seem to
like klp relocs.

Do you happen to have BTF enabled?  I saw something similar with BTF and
had a fix in mind but I haven't had a chance to do it.

-- 
Josh




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