bpf: Prevent .BTF section elimination

commit 65c204398928f9c79f1a29912b410439f7052635 upstream.

Systems with memory or disk constraints often reduce the kernel footprint
by configuring LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION. However, this can result in
removal of any BTF information.

Use the KEEP() macro to preserve the BTF data as done with other important
sections, while still allowing for smaller kernels.

Fixes: 90ceddcb4950 ("bpf: Support llvm-objcopy for vmlinux BTF")
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <Tony.Ambardar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/a635b5d3e2da044e7b51ec1315e8910fbce0083f.1600417359.git.Tony.Ambardar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 9e9b1ec30b90274c0ef34f1afd19cabb47524080..d7eb9e7689b45fd5b032aff7dd2dcffdb9c67ffc 100644 (file)
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
 #define BTF                                                            \
        .BTF : AT(ADDR(.BTF) - LOAD_OFFSET) {                           \
                __start_BTF = .;                                        \
-               *(.BTF)                                                 \
+               KEEP(*(.BTF))                                           \
                __stop_BTF = .;                                         \
        }
 #else