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rseq/selftests: Use weak symbol reference, not definition, to link with glibc
authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:29:44 +0000 (15:29 -0700)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:51:59 +0000 (19:51 +0200)
Add "extern" to the glibc-defined weak rseq symbols to convert the rseq
selftest's usage from weak symbol definitions to weak symbol _references_.
Effectively re-defining the glibc symbols wreaks havoc when building with
-fno-common, e.g. generates segfaults when running multi-threaded programs,
as dynamically linked applications end up with multiple versions of the
symbols.

Building with -fcommon, which until recently has the been the default for
GCC and clang, papers over the bug by allowing the linker to resolve the
weak/tentative definition to glibc's "real" definition.

Note, the symbol itself (or rather its address), not the value of the
symbol, is set to 0/NULL for unresolved weak symbol references, as the
symbol doesn't exist and thus can't have a value.  Check for a NULL rseq
size pointer to handle the scenario where the test is statically linked
against a libc that doesn't support rseq in any capacity.

Fixes: 3bcbc20942db ("selftests/rseq: Play nice with binaries statically linked against glibc 2.35+")
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Suggested-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87frdoybk4.ffs@tglx
tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.c

index 663a9cef1952f09d8c176c16904c4de5fbeadea8..dcac5cbe7933701d07824e81bf388790a18a6b10 100644 (file)
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
  * Define weak versions to play nice with binaries that are statically linked
  * against a libc that doesn't support registering its own rseq.
  */
-__weak ptrdiff_t __rseq_offset;
-__weak unsigned int __rseq_size;
-__weak unsigned int __rseq_flags;
+extern __weak ptrdiff_t __rseq_offset;
+extern __weak unsigned int __rseq_size;
+extern __weak unsigned int __rseq_flags;
 
 static const ptrdiff_t *libc_rseq_offset_p = &__rseq_offset;
 static const unsigned int *libc_rseq_size_p = &__rseq_size;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void rseq_init(void)
         * libc not having registered a restartable sequence.  Try to find the
         * symbols if that's the case.
         */
-       if (!*libc_rseq_size_p) {
+       if (!libc_rseq_size_p || !*libc_rseq_size_p) {
                libc_rseq_offset_p = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "__rseq_offset");
                libc_rseq_size_p = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "__rseq_size");
                libc_rseq_flags_p = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "__rseq_flags");