Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix export for mcount and __fentry__

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 03:01:48PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Commit 784d5699eddc5 ("x86: move exports to actual definitions") removed the
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fentry__) and EXPORT_SYMBOL(mcount) from x8664_ksyms_64.c,
> and added EXPORT_SYMBOL(function_hook) in mcount_64.S instead. The problem
> is that function_hook isn't a function at all, but a macro that is defined
> as either mcount or __fentry__ depending on the support from gcc.
> 
> Originally, I thought this was a macro issue, like what __stringify()
> is used for. But the problem is a bit deeper. The Makefile.build has
> some magic that does post processing of files to create the CRC
> bindings. It does some searches for EXPORT_SYMBOL() and because it
> finds a macro name and not the actual functions, this causes
> function_hook not to be converted into mcount or __fentry__ and they
> are missed.
> 
> Instead of adding more magic to Makefile.build, just add
> EXPORT_SYMBOL() for mcount and __fentry__ where the ifdef is used.
> Since this is assembly and not C, it doesn't require being set after
> the function is defined.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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