[tip: objtool/core] objtool/klp: Fix module name normalization for paths with dots

From: tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 01:53:03 EST


The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 165affd6f095323d953b0ed5823ec4d0db3b7d0d
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/165affd6f095323d953b0ed5823ec4d0db3b7d0d
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:24:23 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:12:38 +02:00

objtool/klp: Fix module name normalization for paths with dots

When .modinfo has no "name=" tag, __find_modname() falls back to
converting the object's build-tree path to a runtime module name by
stripping directory components, converting '-' to '_' and truncating the
file extension.

It does all that in a single pass over the entire path, so the first dot
anywhere in the path ends the name. For an object built in a directory
whose name contains a dot, e.g. "drivers/foo-1.0/bar.o", the result is a
bogus module name.

Strip the directory components up front so only the basename is scanned
for the extension separator.

Fixes: dd590d4d57eb ("objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: live-patching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/9017b4609553bed16674e8f924d34691cbc2b2c1.1785727106.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx
---
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index f8787d7..aeb99d5 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ static struct export *find_export(struct symbol *sym)
static const char *__find_modname(struct elfs *e)
{
struct section *sec;
- char *name;
+ char *name, *slash;

sec = find_section_by_name(e->orig, ".modinfo");
if (!sec) {
@@ -1158,10 +1158,12 @@ static const char *__find_modname(struct elfs *e)
return NULL;
}

+ slash = strrchr(name, '/');
+ if (slash)
+ name = slash + 1;
+
for (char *c = name; *c; c++) {
- if (*c == '/')
- name = c + 1;
- else if (*c == '-')
+ if (*c == '-')
*c = '_';
else if (*c == '.') {
*c = '\0';