[PATCH v2 10/53] objtool/klp: Fix --debug-checksum for duplicate symbol names

From: Josh Poimboeuf

Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 00:12:46 EST


find_symbol_by_name() only returns the first match, so
--debug-checksum=<func> silently ignores any subsequent duplicately
named functions after the first.

Fix that, along with a new for_each_sym_by_name() helper.

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 9b11cf3193b9..e3604b1201f9 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3677,18 +3677,23 @@ static int checksum_debug_init(struct objtool_file *file)

s = dup;
while (*s) {
- struct symbol *func;
+ bool found = false;
+ struct symbol *sym;
char *comma;

comma = strchr(s, ',');
if (comma)
*comma = '\0';

- func = find_symbol_by_name(file->elf, s);
- if (!func || !is_func_sym(func))
+ for_each_sym_by_name(file->elf, s, sym) {
+ if (!is_func_sym(sym))
+ continue;
+ sym->debug_checksum = 1;
+ found = true;
+ }
+
+ if (!found)
WARN("--debug-checksum: can't find '%s'", s);
- else
- func->debug_checksum = 1;

if (!comma)
break;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index b142984eb9b5..00b04029023e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -489,6 +489,11 @@ static inline void set_sym_next_reloc(struct reloc *reloc, struct reloc *next)
#define for_each_sym_continue(elf, sym) \
list_for_each_entry_continue(sym, &elf->symbols, global_list)

+#define for_each_sym_by_name(elf, _name, sym) \
+ elf_hash_for_each_possible(elf, symbol_name, sym, name_hash, \
+ str_hash_demangled(_name)) \
+ if (strcmp(sym->name, _name)) {} else
+
#define for_each_sym_by_demangled_name(elf, name, sym) \
elf_hash_for_each_possible(elf, symbol_name, sym, name_hash, \
str_hash(name)) \
--
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