Re: [PATCH] modpost: Skip .llvm.call-graph-profile section check

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Tue Aug 22 2023 - 11:47:16 EST


On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 11:54 PM Denis Nikitin <denik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> .llvm.call-graph-profile section is added when the kernel is built with
> profiles (e.g. -fprofile-sample-use=<llvm.profile>). The section holds
> metadata for symbols beloning to other sections and hence doesn't need
> modpost checks.
>
> This change fixes the kernel build with sample profiles which fails
> with:
> "FATAL: modpost: Please add code to calculate addend for this architecture"
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Nikitin <denik@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the patch. If you send a v2 with Fangrui's suggested
changes+additions, feel free to carry forward my reviewed by tag.

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index b29b29707f10..64bd13f7199c 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ static const char *const section_white_list[] =
> ".fmt_slot*", /* EZchip */
> ".gnu.lto*",
> ".discard.*",
> + ".llvm.call-graph-profile", /* call graph */
> NULL
> };
>
> --
> 2.42.0.rc1.204.g551eb34607-goog
>


--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers