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[dwarves] btf_encoder: ignore zero-sized ELF symbols

Message ID 20201021155220.1737964-1-andrii@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
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Series [dwarves] btf_encoder: ignore zero-sized ELF symbols | expand

Commit Message

Andrii Nakryiko Oct. 21, 2020, 3:52 p.m. UTC
It's legal for ELF symbol to have size 0, if it's size is unknown or
unspecified. Instead of erroring out, just ignore such symbols, as they can't
be a valid per-CPU variable anyways.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
---
 btf_encoder.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Comments

Jiri Slaby Oct. 22, 2020, 5:19 a.m. UTC | #1
On 21. 10. 20, 17:52, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> It's legal for ELF symbol to have size 0, if it's size is unknown or
> unspecified. Instead of erroring out, just ignore such symbols, as they can't
> be a valid per-CPU variable anyways.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>

Tested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>

> ---
>   btf_encoder.c | 12 ++++--------
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/btf_encoder.c b/btf_encoder.c
> index 2a6455be4c52..2af1fe447834 100644
> --- a/btf_encoder.c
> +++ b/btf_encoder.c
> @@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ static int find_all_percpu_vars(struct btf_elf *btfe)
>   		if (!addr)
>   			continue;
>   
> +		size = elf_sym__size(&sym);
> +		if (!size)
> +			continue; /* ignore zero-sized symbols */
> +
>   		sym_name = elf_sym__name(&sym, btfe->symtab);
>   		if (!btf_name_valid(sym_name)) {
>   			dump_invalid_symbol("Found symbol of invalid name when encoding btf",
> @@ -295,14 +299,6 @@ static int find_all_percpu_vars(struct btf_elf *btfe)
>   				continue;
>   			return -1;
>   		}
> -		size = elf_sym__size(&sym);
> -		if (!size) {
> -			dump_invalid_symbol("Found symbol of zero size when encoding btf",
> -					    sym_name, btf_elf__verbose, btf_elf__force);
> -			if (btf_elf__force)
> -				continue;
> -			return -1;
> -		}
>   
>   		if (btf_elf__verbose)
>   			printf("Found per-CPU symbol '%s' at address 0x%lx\n", sym_name, addr);
>
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Oct. 23, 2020, 4:37 p.m. UTC | #2
Em Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 07:19:32AM +0200, Jiri Slaby escreveu:
> On 21. 10. 20, 17:52, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > It's legal for ELF symbol to have size 0, if it's size is unknown or
> > unspecified. Instead of erroring out, just ignore such symbols, as they can't
> > be a valid per-CPU variable anyways.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
> 
> Tested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>

thanks applied
 
> > ---
> >   btf_encoder.c | 12 ++++--------
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/btf_encoder.c b/btf_encoder.c
> > index 2a6455be4c52..2af1fe447834 100644
> > --- a/btf_encoder.c
> > +++ b/btf_encoder.c
> > @@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ static int find_all_percpu_vars(struct btf_elf *btfe)
> >   		if (!addr)
> >   			continue;
> > +		size = elf_sym__size(&sym);
> > +		if (!size)
> > +			continue; /* ignore zero-sized symbols */
> > +
> >   		sym_name = elf_sym__name(&sym, btfe->symtab);
> >   		if (!btf_name_valid(sym_name)) {
> >   			dump_invalid_symbol("Found symbol of invalid name when encoding btf",
> > @@ -295,14 +299,6 @@ static int find_all_percpu_vars(struct btf_elf *btfe)
> >   				continue;
> >   			return -1;
> >   		}
> > -		size = elf_sym__size(&sym);
> > -		if (!size) {
> > -			dump_invalid_symbol("Found symbol of zero size when encoding btf",
> > -					    sym_name, btf_elf__verbose, btf_elf__force);
> > -			if (btf_elf__force)
> > -				continue;
> > -			return -1;
> > -		}
> >   		if (btf_elf__verbose)
> >   			printf("Found per-CPU symbol '%s' at address 0x%lx\n", sym_name, addr);
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> js
> suse labs
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diff --git a/btf_encoder.c b/btf_encoder.c
index 2a6455be4c52..2af1fe447834 100644
--- a/btf_encoder.c
+++ b/btf_encoder.c
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@  static int find_all_percpu_vars(struct btf_elf *btfe)
 		if (!addr)
 			continue;
 
+		size = elf_sym__size(&sym);
+		if (!size)
+			continue; /* ignore zero-sized symbols */
+
 		sym_name = elf_sym__name(&sym, btfe->symtab);
 		if (!btf_name_valid(sym_name)) {
 			dump_invalid_symbol("Found symbol of invalid name when encoding btf",
@@ -295,14 +299,6 @@  static int find_all_percpu_vars(struct btf_elf *btfe)
 				continue;
 			return -1;
 		}
-		size = elf_sym__size(&sym);
-		if (!size) {
-			dump_invalid_symbol("Found symbol of zero size when encoding btf",
-					    sym_name, btf_elf__verbose, btf_elf__force);
-			if (btf_elf__force)
-				continue;
-			return -1;
-		}
 
 		if (btf_elf__verbose)
 			printf("Found per-CPU symbol '%s' at address 0x%lx\n", sym_name, addr);