Patch "objtool: Remove reloc symbol type checks in get_alt_entry()" has been added to the 5.14-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    objtool: Remove reloc symbol type checks in get_alt_entry()

to the 5.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     objtool-remove-reloc-symbol-type-checks-in-get_alt_e.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 10a369b4fa108f3d2993259e62a0f4d00f7a9256
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Mon Oct 4 10:07:50 2021 -0700

    objtool: Remove reloc symbol type checks in get_alt_entry()
    
    [ Upstream commit 4d8b35968bbf9e42b6b202eedb510e2c82ad8b38 ]
    
    Converting a special section's relocation reference to a symbol is
    straightforward.  No need for objtool to complain that it doesn't know
    how to handle it.  Just handle it.
    
    This fixes the following warning:
    
      arch/x86/kvm/emulate.o: warning: objtool: __ex_table+0x4: don't know how to handle reloc symbol type: kvm_fastop_exception
    
    Fixes: 24ff65257375 ("objtool: Teach get_alt_entry() about more relocation types")
    Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/feadbc3dfb3440d973580fad8d3db873cbfe1694.1633367242.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
    Cc: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
    Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/tools/objtool/special.c b/tools/objtool/special.c
index f1428e32a505..83d5f969bcb0 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/special.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/special.c
@@ -58,22 +58,11 @@ void __weak arch_handle_alternative(unsigned short feature, struct special_alt *
 {
 }
 
-static bool reloc2sec_off(struct reloc *reloc, struct section **sec, unsigned long *off)
+static void reloc_to_sec_off(struct reloc *reloc, struct section **sec,
+			     unsigned long *off)
 {
-	switch (reloc->sym->type) {
-	case STT_FUNC:
-		*sec = reloc->sym->sec;
-		*off = reloc->sym->offset + reloc->addend;
-		return true;
-
-	case STT_SECTION:
-		*sec = reloc->sym->sec;
-		*off = reloc->addend;
-		return true;
-
-	default:
-		return false;
-	}
+	*sec = reloc->sym->sec;
+	*off = reloc->sym->offset + reloc->addend;
 }
 
 static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct special_entry *entry,
@@ -109,13 +98,8 @@ static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct special_entry *entry,
 		WARN_FUNC("can't find orig reloc", sec, offset + entry->orig);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!reloc2sec_off(orig_reloc, &alt->orig_sec, &alt->orig_off)) {
-		WARN_FUNC("don't know how to handle reloc symbol type %d: %s",
-			   sec, offset + entry->orig,
-			   orig_reloc->sym->type,
-			   orig_reloc->sym->name);
-		return -1;
-	}
+
+	reloc_to_sec_off(orig_reloc, &alt->orig_sec, &alt->orig_off);
 
 	if (!entry->group || alt->new_len) {
 		new_reloc = find_reloc_by_dest(elf, sec, offset + entry->new);
@@ -133,13 +117,7 @@ static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct special_entry *entry,
 		if (arch_is_retpoline(new_reloc->sym))
 			return 1;
 
-		if (!reloc2sec_off(new_reloc, &alt->new_sec, &alt->new_off)) {
-			WARN_FUNC("don't know how to handle reloc symbol type %d: %s",
-				  sec, offset + entry->new,
-				  new_reloc->sym->type,
-				  new_reloc->sym->name);
-			return -1;
-		}
+		reloc_to_sec_off(new_reloc, &alt->new_sec, &alt->new_off);
 
 		/* _ASM_EXTABLE_EX hack */
 		if (alt->new_off >= 0x7ffffff0)