Re: [PATCH] modpost: error out if addend_*_rel() is not implemented for REL arch

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 1:25 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The section mismatch check relies on the relocation entries.
>
> For REL, the addend value is implicit, so we need some code to compute
> it. Currently, EM_386, EM_ARM, and EM_MIPS are supported. This commit
> makes sure we covered all the cases.
>
> I believe the other architectures use RELA, where the explicit r_addend
> field exists.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild.



>
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 95da374cc534..44309d463a49 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -1442,6 +1442,8 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
>                         if (addend_mips_rel(elf, sechdr, &r))
>                                 continue;
>                         break;
> +               default:
> +                       fatal("Please add code to calculate addend for this architecture\n");
>                 }
>                 sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
>                 /* Skip special sections */
> --
> 2.39.2
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada