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Date:   Mon, 7 Jun 2021 09:44:33 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] recordmcount: avoid using ABS symbol as reference
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 13:44:21 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> There's an extended section header index section for just that. And
> recordmcount actually seems to use that as well.
> 
> I can't seem to find enough of the thread to figure out what the actual
> problem is though. The lore archive doesn't have anything prior to this
> message.
> 
> One should only use st_shndx when >SHN_UDEF and <SHN_LORESERVE. When
> SHN_XINDEX, then use .symtab_shndx.
> 
> Apparently you've found a case where neither is true? In that case
> objtool seems to use shndx 0. A matching recordmcount patch would be
> something like this.

Mark-PK,

Does the below patch fix it for you too (if you backport it to your
kernel). I much rather have recordmcount match objtool, as one day the
two will hopefully merge to one executable.

-- Steve


> 
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.h b/scripts/recordmcount.h
> index f9b19524da11..d99cc0aed6fe 100644
> --- a/scripts/recordmcount.h
> +++ b/scripts/recordmcount.h
> @@ -194,13 +194,18 @@ static unsigned int get_symindex(Elf_Sym const *sym, Elf32_Word const *symtab,
>  	unsigned long offset;
>  	int index;
>  
> -	if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX)
> +	if (sym->st_shndx > SHN_UDEF &&
> +	    sym->st_shndx < SHN_LORESERVE)
>  		return w2(sym->st_shndx);
>  
> -	offset = (unsigned long)sym - (unsigned long)symtab;
> -	index = offset / sizeof(*sym);
> +	if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_XINDEX) {
> +		offset = (unsigned long)sym - (unsigned long)symtab;
> +		index = offset / sizeof(*sym);
>  
> -	return w(symtab_shndx[index]);
> +		return w(symtab_shndx[index]);
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned int get_shnum(Elf_Ehdr const *ehdr, Elf_Shdr const *shdr0)