scripts/kallsyms: fix wrong kallsyms_relative_base

There is the code in the read_symbol function in 'scripts/kallsyms.c':

	if (is_ignored_symbol(name, type))
		return NULL;

	/* Ignore most absolute/undefined (?) symbols. */
	if (strcmp(name, "_text") == 0)
		_text = addr;

But the is_ignored_symbol function returns true for name="_text" and
type='A'. So the next condition is not executed and the _text variable
is always zero.

It makes the wrong kallsyms_relative_base symbol as a result of the code
(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_BASE_RELATIVE is defined):

	if (base_relative) {
		output_label("kallsyms_relative_base");
		output_address(relative_base);
		printf("\n");
	}

Because the output_address function uses the _text variable.

So the kallsyms_lookup function and all related functions in the kernel
do not work properly. For example, the stack trace in oops:

 Call Trace:
 [aa095e58] [809feab8] kobj_ns_ops_tbl+0x7ff09ac8/0x7ff1c1c4 (unreliable)
 [aa095e98] [80002b64] kobj_ns_ops_tbl+0x7f50db74/0x80000010
 [aa095ef8] [809c3d24] kobj_ns_ops_tbl+0x7feced34/0x7ff1c1c4
 [aa095f28] [80002ed0] kobj_ns_ops_tbl+0x7f50dee0/0x80000010
 [aa095f38] [8000f238] kobj_ns_ops_tbl+0x7f51a248/0x80000010

The right stack trace:

 Call Trace:
 [aa095e58] [809feab8] module_vdu_video_init+0x2fc/0x3bc (unreliable)
 [aa095e98] [80002b64] do_one_initcall+0x40/0x1f0
 [aa095ef8] [809c3d24] kernel_init_freeable+0x164/0x1d8
 [aa095f28] [80002ed0] kernel_init+0x14/0x124
 [aa095f38] [8000f238] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c

[masahiroy@kernel.org:

This issue happens on binutils <= 2.22
The following commit fixed it:
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=d2667025dd30611514810c28bee9709e4623012a

The symbol type of _text is 'T' on binutils >= 2.23
The minimal supported binutils version for the kernel build is 2.21
]

Signed-off-by: Mikhail Petrov <Mikhail.Petrov@mir.dev>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 0133dfa..3e8dea6 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ static struct sym_entry *read_symbol(FILE *in)
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       if (is_ignored_symbol(name, type))
-               return NULL;
-
-       /* Ignore most absolute/undefined (?) symbols. */
        if (strcmp(name, "_text") == 0)
                _text = addr;
 
+       /* Ignore most absolute/undefined (?) symbols. */
+       if (is_ignored_symbol(name, type))
+               return NULL;
+
        check_symbol_range(name, addr, text_ranges, ARRAY_SIZE(text_ranges));
        check_symbol_range(name, addr, &percpu_range, 1);