From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit d0c5c4cc73da0b05b0d9e5f833f2d859e1b45f8e upstream. Have elf_add_reloc() create the relocation section implicitly. Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151259.880174448@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bwh: Backported to 5.10: drop changes in create_mcount_loc_sections()] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/objtool/check.c | 3 --- tools/objtool/elf.c | 9 ++++++++- tools/objtool/elf.h | 1 - tools/objtool/orc_gen.c | 2 -- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/tools/objtool/check.c +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c @@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ static int create_static_call_sections(s if (!sec) return -1; - if (!elf_create_reloc_section(file->elf, sec, SHT_RELA)) - return -1; - idx = 0; list_for_each_entry(insn, &file->static_call_list, static_call_node) { --- a/tools/objtool/elf.c +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c @@ -498,11 +498,18 @@ err: return -1; } +static struct section *elf_create_reloc_section(struct elf *elf, + struct section *base, + int reltype); + int elf_add_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, unsigned long offset, unsigned int type, struct symbol *sym, int addend) { struct reloc *reloc; + if (!sec->reloc && !elf_create_reloc_section(elf, sec, SHT_RELA)) + return -1; + reloc = malloc(sizeof(*reloc)); if (!reloc) { perror("malloc"); @@ -880,7 +887,7 @@ static struct section *elf_create_rela_r return sec; } -struct section *elf_create_reloc_section(struct elf *elf, +static struct section *elf_create_reloc_section(struct elf *elf, struct section *base, int reltype) { --- a/tools/objtool/elf.h +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.h @@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ static inline u32 reloc_hash(struct relo struct elf *elf_open_read(const char *name, int flags); struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name, unsigned int sh_flags, size_t entsize, int nr); -struct section *elf_create_reloc_section(struct elf *elf, struct section *base, int reltype); int elf_add_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, unsigned long offset, unsigned int type, struct symbol *sym, int addend); --- a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c +++ b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c @@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ int orc_create(struct objtool_file *file sec = elf_create_section(file->elf, ".orc_unwind_ip", 0, sizeof(int), nr); if (!sec) return -1; - if (!elf_create_reloc_section(file->elf, sec, SHT_RELA)) - return -1; /* Write ORC entries to sections: */ list_for_each_entry(entry, &orc_list, list) {