This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
libbpf: Fix output .symtab byte-order during linking
to the 6.1-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:
libbpf-fix-output-.symtab-byte-order-during-linking.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0d441a075a844454f19358604cb4e0a6f60abda2
Author: Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Sep 16 01:37:42 2024 -0700
libbpf: Fix output .symtab byte-order during linking
[ Upstream commit f896b4a5399e97af0b451fcf04754ed316935674 ]
Object linking output data uses the default ELF_T_BYTE type for '.symtab'
section data, which disables any libelf-based translation. Explicitly set
the ELF_T_SYM type for output to restore libelf's byte-order conversion,
noting that input '.symtab' data is already correctly translated.
Fixes: faf6ed321cf6 ("libbpf: Add BPF static linker APIs")
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/87868bfeccf3f51aec61260073f8778e9077050a.1726475448.git.tony.ambardar@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
index 8a7cb830bff14..7d28f21b007fc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ static int init_output_elf(struct bpf_linker *linker, const char *file)
pr_warn_elf("failed to create SYMTAB data");
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /* Ensure libelf translates byte-order of symbol records */
+ sec->data->d_type = ELF_T_SYM;
str_off = strset__add_str(linker->strtab_strs, sec->sec_name);
if (str_off < 0)
