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objtool/klp: Add --debug option to show cloning decisions
authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:04:00 +0000 (09:04 -0700)
committerJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:50:18 +0000 (14:50 -0700)
Add a --debug option to klp diff which prints cloning decisions and an
indented dependency tree for all cloned symbols and relocations.  This
helps visualize which symbols and relocations were included and why.

Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
tools/objtool/objtool.c

index 29173a1368d79cc9f2d5896fc0ed9816c6304b19..e88322d97573e1f559bfa99f2314e27687109ab2 100644 (file)
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ static inline char *offstr(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
 #define ERROR_FUNC(sec, offset, format, ...) __WARN_FUNC(ERROR_STR, sec, offset, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ERROR_INSN(insn, format, ...) WARN_FUNC(insn->sec, insn->offset, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+extern bool debug;
+extern int indent;
+
+static inline void unindent(int *unused) { indent--; }
 
 #define __dbg(format, ...)                                             \
        fprintf(stderr,                                                 \
@@ -110,6 +114,23 @@ static inline char *offstr(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
                objname ? ": " : "",                                    \
                ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define dbg(args...)                                                   \
+({                                                                     \
+       if (unlikely(debug))                                            \
+               __dbg(args);                                            \
+})
+
+#define __dbg_indent(format, ...)                                      \
+({                                                                     \
+       if (unlikely(debug))                                            \
+               __dbg("%*s" format, indent * 8, "", ##__VA_ARGS__);     \
+})
+
+#define dbg_indent(args...)                                            \
+       int __attribute__((cleanup(unindent))) __dummy_##__COUNTER__;   \
+       __dbg_indent(args);                                             \
+       indent++
+
 #define dbg_checksum(func, insn, checksum)                             \
 ({                                                                     \
        if (unlikely(insn->sym && insn->sym->pfunc &&                   \
index 0d69b621a26cf9092b5b25ea6834cbb329265c03..817d44394a78c3f26c8df5399916dd4016052dd4 100644 (file)
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ static const char * const klp_diff_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct option klp_diff_options[] = {
+       OPT_GROUP("Options:"),
+       OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "debug", &debug, "enable debug output"),
        OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -48,6 +50,38 @@ static inline u32 str_hash(const char *str)
        return jhash(str, strlen(str), 0);
 }
 
+static char *escape_str(const char *orig)
+{
+       size_t len = 0;
+       const char *a;
+       char *b, *new;
+
+       for (a = orig; *a; a++) {
+               switch (*a) {
+               case '\001': len += 5; break;
+               case '\n':
+               case '\t':   len += 2; break;
+               default: len++;
+               }
+       }
+
+       new = malloc(len + 1);
+       if (!new)
+               return NULL;
+
+       for (a = orig, b = new; *a; a++) {
+               switch (*a) {
+               case '\001': memcpy(b, "<SOH>", 5); b += 5; break;
+               case '\n': *b++ = '\\'; *b++ = 'n'; break;
+               case '\t': *b++ = '\\'; *b++ = 't'; break;
+               default:   *b++ = *a;
+               }
+       }
+
+       *b = '\0';
+       return new;
+}
+
 static int read_exports(void)
 {
        const char *symvers = "Module.symvers";
@@ -528,6 +562,28 @@ sym_created:
        return out_sym;
 }
 
+static const char *sym_type(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+       switch (sym->type) {
+       case STT_NOTYPE:  return "NOTYPE";
+       case STT_OBJECT:  return "OBJECT";
+       case STT_FUNC:    return "FUNC";
+       case STT_SECTION: return "SECTION";
+       case STT_FILE:    return "FILE";
+       default:          return "UNKNOWN";
+       }
+}
+
+static const char *sym_bind(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+       switch (sym->bind) {
+       case STB_LOCAL:   return "LOCAL";
+       case STB_GLOBAL:  return "GLOBAL";
+       case STB_WEAK:    return "WEAK";
+       default:          return "UNKNOWN";
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * Copy a symbol to the output object, optionally including its data and
  * relocations.
@@ -540,6 +596,8 @@ static struct symbol *clone_symbol(struct elfs *e, struct symbol *patched_sym,
        if (patched_sym->clone)
                return patched_sym->clone;
 
+       dbg_indent("%s%s", patched_sym->name, data_too ? " [+DATA]" : "");
+
        /* Make sure the prefix gets cloned first */
        if (is_func_sym(patched_sym) && data_too) {
                pfx = get_func_prefix(patched_sym);
@@ -902,6 +960,8 @@ static int clone_reloc_klp(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
 
        klp_sym = find_symbol_by_name(e->out, sym_name);
        if (!klp_sym) {
+               __dbg_indent("%s", sym_name);
+
                /* STB_WEAK: avoid modpost undefined symbol warnings */
                klp_sym = elf_create_symbol(e->out, sym_name, NULL,
                                            STB_WEAK, patched_sym->type, 0, 0);
@@ -950,6 +1010,17 @@ static int clone_reloc_klp(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
        return 0;
 }
 
+#define dbg_clone_reloc(sec, offset, patched_sym, addend, export, klp)                 \
+       dbg_indent("%s+0x%lx: %s%s0x%lx [%s%s%s%s%s%s]",                                \
+                  sec->name, offset, patched_sym->name,                                \
+                  addend >= 0 ? "+" : "-", labs(addend),                               \
+                  sym_type(patched_sym),                                               \
+                  patched_sym->type == STT_SECTION ? "" : " ",                         \
+                  patched_sym->type == STT_SECTION ? "" : sym_bind(patched_sym),       \
+                  is_undef_sym(patched_sym) ? " UNDEF" : "",                           \
+                  export ? " EXPORTED" : "",                                           \
+                  klp ? " KLP" : "")
+
 /* Copy a reloc and its symbol to the output object */
 static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
                        struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
@@ -969,6 +1040,8 @@ static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
 
        klp = klp_reloc_needed(patched_reloc);
 
+       dbg_clone_reloc(sec, offset, patched_sym, addend, export, klp);
+
        if (klp) {
                if (clone_reloc_klp(e, patched_reloc, sec, offset, export))
                        return -1;
@@ -1000,6 +1073,8 @@ static int clone_reloc(struct elfs *e, struct reloc *patched_reloc,
        if (is_string_sec(patched_sym->sec)) {
                const char *str = patched_sym->sec->data->d_buf + addend;
 
+               __dbg_indent("\"%s\"", escape_str(str));
+
                addend = elf_add_string(e->out, out_sym->sec, str);
                if (addend == -1)
                        return -1;
index c8f611c1320d1b8614f7553b7e1df56931be7d6d..3c26ed561c7eff6e3b1056f19b8001c133713a9c 100644 (file)
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include <objtool/objtool.h>
 #include <objtool/warn.h>
 
+bool debug;
+int indent;
+
 static struct objtool_file file;
 
 struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *filename)