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-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h1
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/klp-diff.c26
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index d9c44df9cc76..a82517a76a0f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct symbol {
u8 included : 1;
u8 klp : 1;
u8 dont_correlate : 1;
+ u8 fake : 1;
struct list_head pv_target;
struct reloc *relocs;
struct section *group_sec;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index cdc63abab618..a66049e0726a 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -1630,6 +1630,7 @@ static int create_fake_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
unsigned long offset, size_t size)
{
char name[SYM_NAME_LEN];
+ struct symbol *sym;
unsigned int type;
static int ctr;
char *c;
@@ -1646,7 +1647,24 @@ static int create_fake_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
* while still allowing objdump to disassemble it.
*/
type = is_text_sec(sec) ? STT_NOTYPE : STT_OBJECT;
- return elf_create_symbol(elf, name, sec, STB_LOCAL, type, offset, size) ? 0 : -1;
+
+ sym = elf_create_symbol(elf, name, sec, STB_LOCAL, type, offset, size);
+ if (!sym)
+ return -1;
+
+ sym->fake = 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static bool has_fake_symbols(struct section *sec)
+{
+ struct symbol *sym;
+
+ sec_for_each_sym(sec, sym)
+ if (sym->fake)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
}
/*
@@ -1738,7 +1756,11 @@ entsize:
unsigned int entry_size;
unsigned long offset;
- if (!is_special_section(sec) || find_symbol_by_offset(sec, 0))
+ if (!is_special_section(sec))
+ continue;
+
+ /* Skip sections already handled by step 1 above */
+ if (has_fake_symbols(sec))
continue;
if (!sec->rsec) {