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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-10-26 14:01:36 +0200
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-10-28 23:25:25 +0200
commit134ab5bd1883312d7a4b3033b05c6b5a1bb8889b (patch)
tree39d11f68c60a068c6d5ed56688e89a3907fe0ad4 /tools/objtool/elf.c
parentc509331b41b7365e17396c246e8c5797bccc8074 (diff)
objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites
Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as it pleases. Simpler code all-round. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool/elf.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/elf.c84
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 84 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index b18f0055b50b..5c029355c38c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -740,90 +740,6 @@ static int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, char *str)
return len;
}
-struct symbol *elf_create_undef_symbol(struct elf *elf, const char *name)
-{
- struct section *symtab, *symtab_shndx;
- struct symbol *sym;
- Elf_Data *data;
- Elf_Scn *s;
-
- sym = malloc(sizeof(*sym));
- if (!sym) {
- perror("malloc");
- return NULL;
- }
- memset(sym, 0, sizeof(*sym));
-
- sym->name = strdup(name);
-
- sym->sym.st_name = elf_add_string(elf, NULL, sym->name);
- if (sym->sym.st_name == -1)
- return NULL;
-
- sym->sym.st_info = GELF_ST_INFO(STB_GLOBAL, STT_NOTYPE);
- // st_other 0
- // st_shndx 0
- // st_value 0
- // st_size 0
-
- symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab");
- if (!symtab) {
- WARN("can't find .symtab");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- s = elf_getscn(elf->elf, symtab->idx);
- if (!s) {
- WARN_ELF("elf_getscn");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- data = elf_newdata(s);
- if (!data) {
- WARN_ELF("elf_newdata");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- data->d_buf = &sym->sym;
- data->d_size = sizeof(sym->sym);
- data->d_align = 1;
- data->d_type = ELF_T_SYM;
-
- sym->idx = symtab->sh.sh_size / sizeof(sym->sym);
-
- symtab->sh.sh_size += data->d_size;
- symtab->changed = true;
-
- symtab_shndx = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab_shndx");
- if (symtab_shndx) {
- s = elf_getscn(elf->elf, symtab_shndx->idx);
- if (!s) {
- WARN_ELF("elf_getscn");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- data = elf_newdata(s);
- if (!data) {
- WARN_ELF("elf_newdata");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- data->d_buf = &sym->sym.st_size; /* conveniently 0 */
- data->d_size = sizeof(Elf32_Word);
- data->d_align = 4;
- data->d_type = ELF_T_WORD;
-
- symtab_shndx->sh.sh_size += 4;
- symtab_shndx->changed = true;
- }
-
- sym->sec = find_section_by_index(elf, 0);
-
- elf_add_symbol(elf, sym);
-
- return sym;
-}
-
struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
unsigned int sh_flags, size_t entsize, int nr)
{