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modpost: detect section mismatch for R_ARM_THM_{MOVW_ABS_NC,MOVT_ABS}
When CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL is enabled, modpost fails to detect some types of section mismatches. [test code] #include <linux/init.h> int __initdata foo; int get_foo(void) { return foo; } It is apparently a bad reference, but modpost does not report anything. The test code above produces the following relocations. Relocation section '.rel.text' at offset 0x1e8 contains 2 entries: Offset Info Type Sym.Value Sym. Name 00000000 0000052f R_ARM_THM_MOVW_AB 00000000 .LANCHOR0 00000004 00000530 R_ARM_THM_MOVT_AB 00000000 .LANCHOR0 Currently, R_ARM_THM_MOVW_ABS_NC and R_ARM_THM_MOVT_ABS are just skipped. Add code to handle them. I checked arch/arm/kernel/module.c to learn how the offset is encoded in the instruction. One more thing to note for Thumb instructions - the st_value is an odd value, so you need to mask the bit 0 to get the offset. Otherwise, you will get an off-by-one error in the nearest symbol look-up. It is documented in "ELF for the ARM Architecture" [1]: In addition to the normal rules for symbol values the following rules shall also apply to symbols of type STT_FUNC: * If the symbol addresses an Arm instruction, its value is the address of the instruction (in a relocatable object, the offset of the instruction from the start of the section containing it). * If the symbol addresses a Thumb instruction, its value is the address of the instruction with bit zero set (in a relocatable object, the section offset with bit zero set). * For the purposes of relocation the value used shall be the address of the instruction (st_value & ~1). [1]: https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/main/aaelf32/aaelf32.rst Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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scripts/mod/modpost.c

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@@ -1082,18 +1082,28 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_nearest_sym(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
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{
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Elf_Sym *sym;
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Elf_Sym *near = NULL;
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Elf_Addr distance;
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Elf_Addr sym_addr, distance;
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bool is_arm = (elf->hdr->e_machine == EM_ARM);
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for (sym = elf->symtab_start; sym < elf->symtab_stop; sym++) {
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if (get_secindex(elf, sym) != secndx)
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continue;
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if (!is_valid_name(elf, sym))
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continue;
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if (addr >= sym->st_value)
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distance = addr - sym->st_value;
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sym_addr = sym->st_value;
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/*
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* For ARM Thumb instruction, the bit 0 of st_value is set
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* if the symbol is STT_FUNC type. Mask it to get the address.
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*/
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if (is_arm && ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_FUNC)
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sym_addr &= ~1;
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if (addr >= sym_addr)
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distance = addr - sym_addr;
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else if (allow_negative)
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distance = sym->st_value - addr;
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distance = sym_addr - addr;
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else
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continue;
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@@ -1266,7 +1276,7 @@ static int addend_arm_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
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unsigned int r_typ = ELF_R_TYPE(r->r_info);
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Elf_Sym *sym = elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r->r_info);
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void *loc = reloc_location(elf, sechdr, r);
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uint32_t inst;
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uint32_t inst, upper, lower;
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int32_t offset;
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switch (r_typ) {
@@ -1288,6 +1298,17 @@ static int addend_arm_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
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offset = sign_extend32((inst & 0x00ffffff) << 2, 25);
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r->r_addend = offset + sym->st_value + 8;
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break;
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case R_ARM_THM_MOVW_ABS_NC:
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case R_ARM_THM_MOVT_ABS:
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upper = TO_NATIVE(*(uint16_t *)loc);
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lower = TO_NATIVE(*((uint16_t *)loc + 1));
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offset = sign_extend32(((upper & 0x000f) << 12) |
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((upper & 0x0400) << 1) |
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((lower & 0x7000) >> 4) |
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(lower & 0x00ff),
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15);
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r->r_addend = offset + sym->st_value;
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break;
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case R_ARM_THM_CALL:
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case R_ARM_THM_JUMP24:
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case R_ARM_THM_JUMP19:

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