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The '__unreachable' and '__func_stack_frame_non_standard' sections are
only used at compile time.  They're discarded for vmlinux but they
should also be discarded for modules.

Since this is a recurring pattern, prefix the section names with
".discard.".  It's a nice convention and vmlinux.lds.h already discards
such sections.

Also remove the 'a' (allocatable) flag from the __unreachable section
since it doesn't make sense for a discarded section.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Cc: Jessica Yu <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Fixes: d1091c7 ("objtool: Improve detection of BUG() and other dead ends")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170301180444.lhd53c5tibc4ns77@treble
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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jpoimboe authored and Ingo Molnar committed Mar 1, 2017
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2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
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Expand Up @@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ SECTIONS
DISCARDS
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.eh_frame)
*(__func_stack_frame_non_standard)
*(__unreachable)
}
}

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
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#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
#define annotate_unreachable() ({ \
asm("%c0:\t\n" \
".pushsection __unreachable, \"a\"\t\n" \
".pushsection .discard.unreachable\t\n" \
".long %c0b - .\t\n" \
".popsection\t\n" : : "i" (__LINE__)); \
})
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion include/linux/frame.h
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* For more information, see tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt.
*/
#define STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(func) \
static void __used __section(__func_stack_frame_non_standard) \
static void __used __section(.discard.func_stack_frame_non_standard) \
*__func_stack_frame_non_standard_##func = func

#else /* !CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION */
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions scripts/mod/modpost.c
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Expand Up @@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ static const char *const section_white_list[] =
".cmem*", /* EZchip */
".fmt_slot*", /* EZchip */
".gnu.lto*",
".discard.*",
NULL
};

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion scripts/module-common.lds
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* combine them automatically.
*/
SECTIONS {
/DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) }
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.discard)
*(.discard.*)
}

__ksymtab 0 : { *(SORT(___ksymtab+*)) }
__ksymtab_gpl 0 : { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)) }
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
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Expand Up @@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ static int add_dead_ends(struct objtool_file *file)
struct instruction *insn;
bool found;

sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".rela__unreachable");
sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".rela.discard.unreachable");
if (!sec)
return 0;

list_for_each_entry(rela, &sec->rela_list, list) {
if (rela->sym->type != STT_SECTION) {
WARN("unexpected relocation symbol type in .rela__unreachable");
WARN("unexpected relocation symbol type in %s", sec->name);
return -1;
}
insn = find_insn(file, rela->sym->sec, rela->addend);
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INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.insn_list);
hash_init(file.insn_hash);
file.whitelist = find_section_by_name(file.elf, "__func_stack_frame_non_standard");
file.whitelist = find_section_by_name(file.elf, ".discard.func_stack_frame_non_standard");
file.rodata = find_section_by_name(file.elf, ".rodata");
file.ignore_unreachables = false;
file.c_file = find_section_by_name(file.elf, ".comment");
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