[tip: objtool/core] objtool: Use section/symbol type helpers
From: tip-bot2 for Wentong Tian
Date: Mon Mar 09 2026 - 16:06:16 EST
The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:
Commit-ID: c19c854b307424c745dd6de73eea8db099c79408
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/c19c854b307424c745dd6de73eea8db099c79408
Author: Wentong Tian <tianwentong2000@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:44:04 +08:00
Committer: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:08:19 -08:00
objtool: Use section/symbol type helpers
Commit 25eac74b6bdb ("objtool: Add section/symbol type helpers")
introduced several helper macros to improve code readability.
Update the remaining open-coded checks in check.c, disas.c, elf.c,
and klp-diff.c to use these new helpers.
Signed-off-by: Wentong Tian <tianwentong2000@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260122144404.40602-1-tianwentong2000@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 4 ++--
tools/objtool/disas.c | 6 +++---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 6 +++---
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 8 ++++----
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index a30379e..efd4b9c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -4293,8 +4293,8 @@ static int validate_retpoline(struct objtool_file *file)
list_for_each_entry(insn, &file->retpoline_call_list, call_node) {
struct symbol *sym = insn->sym;
- if (sym && (sym->type == STT_NOTYPE ||
- sym->type == STT_FUNC) && !sym->nocfi) {
+ if (sym && (is_notype_sym(sym) ||
+ is_func_sym(sym)) && !sym->nocfi) {
struct instruction *prev =
prev_insn_same_sym(file, insn);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/disas.c b/tools/objtool/disas.c
index 26f08d4..5909023 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/disas.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/disas.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void disas_print_addr_reloc(bfd_vma addr, struct disassemble_info *dinfo)
* If the relocation symbol is a section name (for example ".bss")
* then we try to further resolve the name.
*/
- if (reloc->sym->type == STT_SECTION) {
+ if (is_sec_sym(reloc->sym)) {
str = offstr(reloc->sym->sec, reloc->sym->offset + offset);
DINFO_FPRINTF(dinfo, bfd_vma_fmt, addr, str);
free(str);
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static size_t disas_insn_common(struct disas_context *dctx,
*/
dinfo->buffer = insn->sec->data->d_buf;
dinfo->buffer_vma = 0;
- dinfo->buffer_length = insn->sec->sh.sh_size;
+ dinfo->buffer_length = sec_size(insn->sec);
return disasm(insn->offset, &dctx->info);
}
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ void disas_funcs(struct disas_context *dctx)
for_each_sec(dctx->file->elf, sec) {
- if (!(sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR))
+ if (!is_text_sec(sec))
continue;
sec_for_each_sym(sec, sym) {
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 2c02c7b..a634b22 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
if (elf_add_symbol(elf, sym))
return -1;
- if (sym->type == STT_FILE)
+ if (is_file_sym(sym))
file = sym;
else if (sym->bind == STB_LOCAL)
sym->file = file;
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ unsigned int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, const char
return -1;
}
- offset = ALIGN(strtab->sh.sh_size, strtab->sh.sh_addralign);
+ offset = ALIGN(sec_size(strtab), strtab->sh.sh_addralign);
if (!elf_add_data(elf, strtab, str, strlen(str) + 1))
return -1;
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data, size_
sec->data->d_size = size;
sec->data->d_align = 1;
- offset = ALIGN(sec->sh.sh_size, sec->sh.sh_addralign);
+ offset = ALIGN(sec_size(sec), sec->sh.sh_addralign);
sec->sh.sh_size = offset + size;
mark_sec_changed(elf, sec, true);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 9f1f401..885775f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static bool is_uncorrelated_static_local(struct symbol *sym)
*/
static bool is_clang_tmp_label(struct symbol *sym)
{
- return sym->type == STT_NOTYPE &&
+ return is_notype_sym(sym) &&
is_text_sec(sym->sec) &&
strstarts(sym->name, ".Ltmp") &&
isdigit(sym->name[5]);
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static unsigned long find_sympos(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
if (sym->bind != STB_LOCAL)
return 0;
- if (vmlinux && sym->type == STT_FUNC) {
+ if (vmlinux && is_func_sym(sym)) {
/*
* HACK: Unfortunately, symbol ordering can differ between
* vmlinux.o and vmlinux due to the linker script emitting
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ static int clone_reloc_klp(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
sec->name, offset, patched_sym->name, \
addend >= 0 ? "+" : "-", labs(addend), \
sym_type(patched_sym), \
- patched_sym->type == STT_SECTION ? "" : " ", \
- patched_sym->type == STT_SECTION ? "" : sym_bind(patched_sym), \
+ is_sec_sym(patched_sym) ? "" : " ", \
+ is_sec_sym(patched_sym) ? "" : sym_bind(patched_sym), \
is_undef_sym(patched_sym) ? " UNDEF" : "", \
export ? " EXPORTED" : "", \
klp ? " KLP" : "")