Re: [PATCH] objtool: Add missing endianess conversion when checking annations

From: Sven Schnelle
Date: Wed Jul 02 2025 - 04:31:16 EST


Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> cross-compiling a kernel for x86 on s390 produces the following warning:
>
> drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-core.o: warning: objtool: mc13xxx_reg_rmw+0xc: Unknown annotation type: 50331648
>
> Fix this by adding the required endianess conversion.
>
> Fixes: 2116b349e29a ("objtool: Generic annotation infrastructure")
> Reported-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/objtool/check.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> index b21b12ec88d9..35fb871b2c62 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ static int read_annotate(struct objtool_file *file,
> }
>
> for_each_reloc(sec->rsec, reloc) {
> - type = *(u32 *)(sec->data->d_buf + (reloc_idx(reloc) * sec->sh.sh_entsize) + 4);
> + type = bswap_if_needed(file->elf, *(u32 *)(sec->data->d_buf + (reloc_idx(reloc) * sec->sh.sh_entsize) + 4));
>
> offset = reloc->sym->offset + reloc_addend(reloc);
> insn = find_insn(file, reloc->sym->sec, offset);

Gentle ping?