[PATCH] modpost: fix section mismatch message for R_ARM_ABS32

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun May 14 2023 - 20:54:36 EST


The section mismatch check does not show proper warning messages for ARM.

Here, very simple test code.

#include <linux/init.h>

static int __initdata foo;

void set_foo(int x)
{
foo = x;
}

int get_foo(int x)
{
return foo;
}

If I compile it for ARM, modpost does not show the symbol name.

WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: set_foo (section: .text) -> (unknown) (section: .init.data)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: get_foo (section: .text) -> (unknown) (section: .init.data)

If I compile it for other architectures, modpost shows the correct symbol name.

WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: set_foo (section: .text) -> foo (section: .init.data)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: get_foo (section: .text) -> foo (section: .init.data)

For R_ARM_ABS32, addend_arm_rel() sets r->r_addend to a wrong value.

arch/arm/kernel/module.c handles R_ARM_ABS32 as follows:

case R_ARM_ABS32:
case R_ARM_TARGET1:
*(u32 *)loc += sym->st_value;

I just mimicked it in modpost.

Fixes: 56a974fa2d59 ("kbuild: make better section mismatch reports on arm")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index d4531d09984d..c93780d93caf 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1460,12 +1460,13 @@ static int addend_386_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
static int addend_arm_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
{
unsigned int r_typ = ELF_R_TYPE(r->r_info);
+ unsigned int *location = reloc_location(elf, sechdr, r);
+ Elf_Sym *sym;

switch (r_typ) {
case R_ARM_ABS32:
- /* From ARM ABI: (S + A) | T */
- r->r_addend = (int)(long)
- (elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r->r_info));
+ sym = elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r->r_info);
+ r->r_addend = TO_NATIVE(*location) + sym->st_value;
break;
case R_ARM_PC24:
case R_ARM_CALL:
--
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