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authorPeter Zijlstra2022-09-15 13:11:08 +0200
committerPeter Zijlstra2022-10-17 16:41:07 +0200
commit6644ee846cb983437063da8fd24b7cae671fd019 (patch)
tree50b0daea032de24114f31f76fdf4555d7b0e8f77 /tools/objtool
parent61c6065ef7ec0447a280179d04b2d81c80c2f479 (diff)
objtool: Track init section
For future usage of .init.text exclusion track the init section in the instruction decoder and use the result in retpoline validation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220915111145.910334431@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool')
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/check.c17
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h2
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 7174bba14494..bb7c8196bf57 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -382,6 +382,15 @@ static int decode_instructions(struct objtool_file *file)
!strncmp(sec->name, ".text.__x86.", 12))
sec->noinstr = true;
+ /*
+ * .init.text code is ran before userspace and thus doesn't
+ * strictly need retpolines, except for modules which are
+ * loaded late, they very much do need retpoline in their
+ * .init.text
+ */
+ if (!strcmp(sec->name, ".init.text") && !opts.module)
+ sec->init = true;
+
for (offset = 0; offset < sec->sh.sh_size; offset += insn->len) {
insn = malloc(sizeof(*insn));
if (!insn) {
@@ -3748,13 +3757,7 @@ static int validate_retpoline(struct objtool_file *file)
if (insn->retpoline_safe)
continue;
- /*
- * .init.text code is ran before userspace and thus doesn't
- * strictly need retpolines, except for modules which are
- * loaded late, they very much do need retpoline in their
- * .init.text
- */
- if (!strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".init.text") && !opts.module)
+ if (insn->sec->init)
continue;
if (insn->type == INSN_RETURN) {
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 16f4067b82ae..baa808583c4f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct section {
Elf_Data *data;
char *name;
int idx;
- bool changed, text, rodata, noinstr;
+ bool changed, text, rodata, noinstr, init;
};
struct symbol {