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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-05-06 21:34:03 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2021-05-12 14:54:56 +0200
commit6d37b83c5d79ef5996cc49c3e3ac3d8ecd8c7050 (patch)
tree1432c860d584cab33eb9d9c253bd7a819c108c1a /tools/objtool/check.c
parentcbf82a3dc241aea82b941a872ed5c52f6af527ea (diff)
downloadlinux-6d37b83c5d79ef5996cc49c3e3ac3d8ecd8c7050.tar.gz
objtool: Rewrite jump_label instructions
When a jump_entry::key has bit1 set, rewrite the instruction to be a
NOP. This allows the compiler/assembler to emit JMP (and thus decide
on which encoding to use).

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194158.091028792@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool/check.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/check.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 9ed1a4cd00dc..98cf87f2c501 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -1234,6 +1234,20 @@ static int handle_jump_alt(struct objtool_file *file,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (special_alt->key_addend & 2) {
+		struct reloc *reloc = insn_reloc(file, orig_insn);
+
+		if (reloc) {
+			reloc->type = R_NONE;
+			elf_write_reloc(file->elf, reloc);
+		}
+		elf_write_insn(file->elf, orig_insn->sec,
+			       orig_insn->offset, orig_insn->len,
+			       arch_nop_insn(orig_insn->len));
+		orig_insn->type = INSN_NOP;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	*new_insn = list_next_entry(orig_insn, list);
 	return 0;
 }