Re: [PATCH v3] kbuild: Strip runtime const RELA sections correctly

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 19:35, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Due to the fact that runtime const ELF sections are named without a
> > leading period or double underscore, the RSTRIP logic that removes the
> > static RELA sections from vmlinux fails to identify them.
>
>
> Dumb question - why can't you rename the section 'runtime*' to '.runtime*' ?
>
> .rel* matches to sections that just happen to start with '.rel',
> which may not be REL or RELA.
>

That is what I proposed originally [0] but it was shot down by Linus.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241014125703.2287936-4-ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u