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Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen Acked-by: Neal Gompa --- Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst | 274 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/kbuild/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 275 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4b89743d2a88 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst @@ -0,0 +1,274 @@ +======================= +DWARF module versioning +======================= + +1. Introduction +=============== + +When CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is enabled, symbol versions for modules +are typically calculated from preprocessed source code using the +**genksyms** tool. However, this is incompatible with languages such +as Rust, where the source code has insufficient information about +the resulting ABI. With CONFIG_GENDWARFKSYMS (and CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO) +selected, **gendwarfksyms** is used instead to calculate symbol versions +from the DWARF debugging information, which contains the necessary +details about the final module ABI. + +1.1. Usage +========== + +gendwarfksyms accepts a list of object files on the command line, and a +list of symbol names (one per line) in standard input:: + + Usage: gendwarfksyms [options] elf-object-file ... < symbol-list + + Options: + -d, --debug Print debugging information + --dump-dies Dump DWARF DIE contents + --dump-die-map Print debugging information about die_map changes + --dump-types Dump type strings + --dump-versions Dump expanded type strings used for symbol versions + -s, --stable Support kABI stability features + -T, --symtypes file Write a symtypes file + -h, --help Print this message + + +2. Type information availability +================================ + +While symbols are typically exported in the same translation unit (TU) +where they're defined, it's also perfectly fine for a TU to export +external symbols. For example, this is done when calculating symbol +versions for exports in stand-alone assembly code. + +To ensure the compiler emits the necessary DWARF type information in the +TU where symbols are actually exported, gendwarfksyms adds a pointer +to exported symbols in the `EXPORT_SYMBOL()` macro using the following +macro:: + + #define __GENDWARFKSYMS_EXPORT(sym) \ + static typeof(sym) *__gendwarfksyms_ptr_##sym __used \ + __section(".discard.gendwarfksyms") = &sym; + + +When a symbol pointer is found in DWARF, gendwarfksyms can use its +type for calculating symbol versions even if the symbol is defined +elsewhere. The name of the symbol pointer is expected to start with +`__gendwarfksyms_ptr_`, followed by the name of the exported symbol. + +3. Symtypes output format +========================= + +Similarly to genksyms, gendwarfksyms supports writing a symtypes file +for each processed object that contain types for exported symbols and +each referenced type that was used in calculating symbol versions. These +files can be useful when trying to determine what exactly caused symbol +versions to change between builds. + +Matching the existing format, the first column of each line contains +either a type reference or a symbol name. Type references have a +one-letter prefix followed by "#" and the name of the type. Four +reference types are supported:: + + e# = enum + s# = struct + t# = typedef + u# = union + +Type names with spaces in them are wrapped in single quotes, e.g.:: + + s#'core::result::Result' + +The rest of the line contains a type string. Unlike with genksyms that +produces C-style type strings, gendwarfksyms uses the same simple parsed +DWARF format produced by **--dump-dies**, but with type references +instead of fully expanded strings. + +4. Maintaining a stable kABI +============================ + +Distribution maintainers often need the ability to make ABI compatible +changes to kernel data structures due to LTS updates or backports. Using +the traditional `#ifndef __GENKSYMS__` to hide these changes from symbol +versioning won't work when processing object files. To support this +use case, gendwarfksyms provides kABI stability features designed to +hide changes that won't affect the ABI when calculating versions. These +features are all gated behind the **--stable** command line flag and are +not used in the mainline kernel. + +Examples for using these features are provided in the +**scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples** directory, including helper macros +for source code annotation. Note that as these features are only used to +transform the inputs for symbol versioning, the user is responsible for +ensuring that their changes actually won't break the ABI. + +4.1. kABI rules +=============== + +kABI rules allow distributions to fine-tune certain parts +of gendwarfksyms output and thus control how symbol +versions are calculated. These rules are defined in the +`.discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules` section of the object file and +consist of simple null-terminated strings with the following structure:: + + version\0type\0target\0value\0 + +This string sequence is repeated as many times as needed to express all +the rules. The fields are as follows: + +- `version`: Ensures backward compatibility for future changes to the + structure. Currently expected to be "1". +- `type`: Indicates the type of rule being applied. +- `target`: Specifies the target of the rule, typically the fully + qualified name of the DWARF Debugging Information Entry (DIE). +- `value`: Provides rule-specific data. + +The following helper macro, for example, can be used to specify rules +in the source code:: + + #define __KABI_RULE(hint, target, value) \ + static const char __PASTE(__gendwarfksyms_rule_, \ + __COUNTER__)[] __used __aligned(1) \ + __section(".discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules") = \ + "1\0" #hint "\0" #target "\0" #value + + +Currently, only the rules discussed in this section are supported, but +the format is extensible enough to allow further rules to be added as +need arises. + +4.1.1. Managing structure visibility +==================================== + +A structure declaration can change into a full definition when +additional includes are pulled into the translation unit. This changes +the versions of any symbol that references the structure even if the ABI +remains unchanged. As it may not be possible to drop includes without +breaking the build, the `struct_declonly` rule can be used to specify a +data structure as declaration-only, even if the debugging information +contains the full definition. + +The rule fields are expected to be as follows: + +- `type`: "struct_declonly" +- `target`: The fully qualified name of the target data structure + (as shown in **--dump-dies** output). +- `value`: This field is ignored and is expected to have the value ";". + +Using the `__KABI_RULE` macro, this rule can be defined as:: + + #define KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(fqn) \ + __KABI_RULE(struct_declonly, fqn, ;) + +Example usage:: + + struct s { + /* definition */ + }; + + KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(s); + +4.1.2. Adding enumerators +========================= + +For enums, all enumerators and their values are included in calculating +symbol versions, which becomes a problem if we later need to add more +enumerators without changing symbol versions. The `enumerator_ignore` +rule allows us to hide named enumerators from the input. + +The rule fields are expected to be as follows: + +- `type`: "enumerator_ignore" +- `target`: The fully qualified name of the target enum + (as shown in **--dump-dies** output). +- `value`: The name of the enumerator to ignore. + +Using the `__KABI_RULE` macro, this rule can be defined as:: + + #define KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field) \ + __KABI_RULE(enumerator_ignore, fqn, field) + +Example usage:: + + enum e { + A, B, C, D, + }; + + KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, B); + KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, C); + + +4.3. Adding structure members +============================= + +Perhaps the most common ABI compatible changeis adding a member to a +kernel data structure. When changes to a structure are anticipated, +distribution maintainers can pre-emptively reserve space in the +structure and take it into use later without breaking the ABI. If +changes are needed to data structures without reserved space, existing +alignment holes can potentially be used instead. While kABI rules could +be added for these type of changes, using unions is typically a more +natural method. This section describes gendwarfksyms support for using +reserved space in data structures and hiding members that don't change +the ABI when calculating symbol versions. + +4.3.1. Reserving space and replacing members +============================================ + +To reserve space in a struct, adding a member of any type with a name +that starts with `__kabi_` will result in the name being left out of +symbol versioning:: + + struct s { + long a; + long __kabi_reserved_0; /* reserved for future use */ + }; + +The space reserved by this member can be later taken into use by +wrapping it into a union, which includes the original type and the +replacement struct member:: + + struct s { + long a; + union { + long __kabi_reserved_0; /* original type */ + struct b b; /* replaced field */ + }; + }; + +As long as the reserved member's name in the union starts with +`__kabi_reserved_`, the original type will be used for symbol +versioning and rest of the union is ignored. The examples include +`KABI_(RESERVE|USE)*` macros that help simplify the process and also +ensure the replacement member's size won't exceed the reserved space. + +4.3.2. Hiding members +===================== + +Predicting which structures will require changes during the support +timeframe isn't always possible, in which case one might have to resort +to placing new members into existing alignment holes:: + + struct s { + int a; + /* a 4-byte alignment hole */ + unsigned long b; + }; + + +While this won't change the size of the data structure, one needs to +be able to hide the added members from symbol versioning. Similarly +to reserved fields, this can be accomplished by wrapping the added +member to a union where one of the fields has a name starting with +`__kabi_ignored`:: + + struct s { + int a; + union { + char __kabi_ignored_0; + int n; + }; + unsigned long b; + }; + +With **--stable**, both versions produce the same symbol version. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst index cee2f99f734b..e82af05cd652 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/index.rst @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Kernel Build System reproducible-builds gcc-plugins llvm + gendwarfksyms .. only:: subproject and html