[PATCH 1/1] objtool/klp: Fix is_uncorrelated_static_local() for Clang naming

From: Joe Lawrence

Date: Wed Apr 08 2026 - 10:49:48 EST


For naming function-local static locals, GCC uses "<var>.<id>":
e.g. __already_done.15

while Clang uses "<func>.<var>" with optional ".<id>"
e.g. create_worker.__already_done.111

The existing is_uncorrelated_static_local() check only matches the GCC
convention where the variable name is a prefix. Handle both cases by
checking for a prefix match (GCC) and by checking after the first dot
separator (Clang).

Fixes: dd590d4d57eb ("objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files")
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 85281b3b021f..382ca1d8d391 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -241,16 +241,17 @@ static struct symbol *next_file_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym)
static bool is_uncorrelated_static_local(struct symbol *sym)
{
static const char * const vars[] = {
- "__already_done.",
- "__func__.",
- "__key.",
- "__warned.",
- "_entry.",
- "_entry_ptr.",
- "_rs.",
- "descriptor.",
- "CSWTCH.",
+ "__already_done",
+ "__func__",
+ "__key",
+ "__warned",
+ "_entry",
+ "_entry_ptr",
+ "_rs",
+ "descriptor",
+ "CSWTCH",
};
+ const char *dot;

if (!is_object_sym(sym) || !is_local_sym(sym))
return false;
@@ -258,8 +259,18 @@ static bool is_uncorrelated_static_local(struct symbol *sym)
if (!strcmp(sym->sec->name, ".data.once"))
return true;

+ dot = strchr(sym->name, '.');
for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vars); i++) {
- if (strstarts(sym->name, vars[i]))
+ size_t len = strlen(vars[i]);
+
+ /* GCC: "<var>.<id>" e.g. "__already_done.15" */
+ if (strstarts(sym->name, vars[i]) &&
+ (sym->name[len] == '.' || sym->name[len] == '\0'))
+ return true;
+
+ /* Clang: "<func>.<var>[.<id>]" e.g. "create_worker.__already_done.111" */
+ if (dot && strstarts(dot + 1, vars[i]) &&
+ (dot[1 + len] == '.' || dot[1 + len] == '\0'))
return true;
}

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2.53.0