[PATCH v2 53/53] objtool/klp: Cache dont_correlate() result
From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 00:22:57 EST
Cache the dont_correlate() result once per symbol at the start of
correlate_symbols(). This reduces klp diff time on an arm64 LTO
vmlinux.o from 2m51s to 35s.
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 1 +
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index fccf72cbd343..d9c44df9cc76 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct symbol {
u8 changed : 1;
u8 included : 1;
u8 klp : 1;
+ u8 dont_correlate : 1;
struct list_head pv_target;
struct reloc *relocs;
struct section *group_sec;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index ed3bf1c55001..f8787d7d1454 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static struct symbol *find_twin(struct elfs *e, struct symbol *sym1)
/* Count orig candidates */
for_each_sym_by_demangled_name(e->orig, sym1->demangled_name, sym2) {
- if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || dont_correlate(sym2) ||
+ if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || sym2->dont_correlate ||
(!maybe_same_file(sym1, sym2)))
continue;
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static struct symbol *find_twin(struct elfs *e, struct symbol *sym1)
/* Count patched candidates */
for_each_sym_by_demangled_name(e->patched, sym1->demangled_name, sym2) {
- if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || dont_correlate(sym2) ||
+ if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || sym2->dont_correlate ||
!maybe_same_file(sym1, sym2))
continue;
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static struct symbol *find_twin_suffixed(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *sym1)
return NULL;
for_each_sym_by_name(elf, name, sym2) {
- if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || dont_correlate(sym2))
+ if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || sym2->dont_correlate)
continue;
count++;
match = sym2;
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static struct symbol *find_twin_positional(struct elfs *e, struct symbol *sym1)
struct symbol *sym2, *match = NULL;
for_each_sym_by_demangled_name(e->orig, sym1->demangled_name, sym2) {
- if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || dont_correlate(sym2) ||
+ if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || sym2->dont_correlate ||
!maybe_same_file(sym1, sym2))
continue;
if (is_tu_local_sym(sym1) != is_tu_local_sym(sym2) ||
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static struct symbol *find_twin_positional(struct elfs *e, struct symbol *sym1)
}
for_each_sym_by_demangled_name(e->patched, sym1->demangled_name, sym2) {
- if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || dont_correlate(sym2) ||
+ if (sym2->twin || sym1->type != sym2->type || sym2->dont_correlate ||
!maybe_same_file(sym1, sym2))
continue;
if (is_tu_local_sym(sym1) != is_tu_local_sym(sym2) ||
@@ -777,6 +777,11 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
struct symbol *sym1, *sym2;
bool progress;
+ for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1)
+ sym1->dont_correlate = dont_correlate(sym1);
+ for_each_sym(e->patched, sym2)
+ sym2->dont_correlate = dont_correlate(sym2);
+
/* Correlate FILE symbols */
file1_sym = first_file_symbol(e->orig);
file2_sym = first_file_symbol(e->patched);
@@ -817,7 +822,7 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
do {
progress = false;
for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) {
- if (sym1->twin || dont_correlate(sym1))
+ if (sym1->twin || sym1->dont_correlate)
continue;
sym2 = find_twin(e, sym1);
if (!sym2)
@@ -831,7 +836,7 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
return -1;
for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) {
- if (sym1->twin || dont_correlate(sym1))
+ if (sym1->twin || sym1->dont_correlate)
continue;
sym2 = find_twin_suffixed(e->patched, sym1);
if (!sym2)
@@ -843,7 +848,7 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
} while (progress);
for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) {
- if (sym1->twin || dont_correlate(sym1))
+ if (sym1->twin || sym1->dont_correlate)
continue;
sym2 = find_twin_positional(e, sym1);
if (!sym2)
@@ -853,7 +858,7 @@ static int correlate_symbols(struct elfs *e)
}
for_each_sym(e->orig, sym1) {
- if (sym1->twin || dont_correlate(sym1))
+ if (sym1->twin || sym1->dont_correlate)
continue;
WARN("no correlation: %s", sym1->name);
}
@@ -1066,7 +1071,7 @@ static int mark_changed_functions(struct elfs *e)
/* Find changed functions */
for_each_sym(e->orig, orig_sym) {
- if (dont_correlate(orig_sym))
+ if (orig_sym->dont_correlate)
continue;
patched_sym = orig_sym->twin;
@@ -1087,7 +1092,7 @@ static int mark_changed_functions(struct elfs *e)
/* Find added functions and print them */
for_each_sym(e->patched, patched_sym) {
- if (!is_func_sym(patched_sym) || dont_correlate(patched_sym))
+ if (!is_func_sym(patched_sym) || patched_sym->dont_correlate)
continue;
if (!patched_sym->twin) {
@@ -1193,7 +1198,7 @@ static bool klp_reloc_needed(struct reloc *patched_reloc)
struct export *export;
/* no external symbol to reference */
- if (dont_correlate(patched_sym))
+ if (patched_sym->dont_correlate)
return false;
/* For included functions, a regular reloc will do. */
--
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