Re: [PATCH v2] kallsyms: strip LTO-only suffixes from promoted global functions

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:19:26 -0700, Yonghong Song wrote:
> Commit 6eb4bd92c1ce ("kallsyms: strip LTO suffixes from static functions")
> stripped all function/variable suffixes started with '.' regardless
> of whether those suffixes are generated at LTO mode or not. In fact,
> as far as I know, in LTO mode, when a static function/variable is
> promoted to the global scope, '.llvm.<...>' suffix is added.
> 
> The existing mechanism breaks live patch for a LTO kernel even if
> no <symbol>.llvm.<...> symbols are involved. For example, for the following
> kernel symbols:
>   $ grep bpf_verifier_vlog /proc/kallsyms
>   ffffffff81549f60 t bpf_verifier_vlog
>   ffffffff8268b430 d bpf_verifier_vlog._entry
>   ffffffff8282a958 d bpf_verifier_vlog._entry_ptr
>   ffffffff82e12a1f d bpf_verifier_vlog.__already_done
> 'bpf_verifier_vlog' is a static function. '_entry', '_entry_ptr' and
> '__already_done' are static variables used inside 'bpf_verifier_vlog',
> so llvm promotes them to file-level static with prefix 'bpf_verifier_vlog.'.
> Note that the func-level to file-level static function promotion also
> happens without LTO.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] kallsyms: strip LTO-only suffixes from promoted global functions
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/8cc32a9bbf29

Best regards,
-- 
Kees Cook