[PATCH v4 14/19] gendwarfksyms: Add support for kABI rules

Sami Tolvanen posted 19 patches 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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[PATCH v4 14/19] gendwarfksyms: Add support for kABI rules
Posted by Sami Tolvanen 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Distributions that want to maintain a stable kABI need the ability
to make ABI compatible changes to kernel without affecting symbol
versions, either because of LTS updates or backports.

With genksyms, developers would typically hide these changes from
version calculation with #ifndef __GENKSYMS__, which would result
in the symbol version not changing even though the actual type has
changed.  When we process precompiled object files, this isn't an
option.

To support this use case, add a --stable command line flag that
gates kABI stability features that are not needed in mainline
kernels, but can be useful for distributions, and add support for
kABI rules, which can be used to restrict gendwarfksyms output.

The rules are specified as a set of null-terminated strings stored
in the .discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules section. Each rule consists
of four strings as follows:

  "version\0type\0target\0value"

The version string ensures the structure can be changed in a
backwards compatible way. The type string indicates the type of the
rule, and target and value strings contain rule-specific data.

Initially support two simple rules:

  1. Declaration-only structures

     A structure declaration can change into a full definition when
     additional includes are pulled in to the TU, which changes the
     versions of any symbol that references the struct. Add support
     for defining declaration-only structs whose definition is not
     expanded during versioning.

  2. Ignored enum fields

     It's possible to add new enum fields without changing the ABI,
     but as the fields are included in symbol versioning, this would
     change the versions. Add support for ignoring specific fields.

Add examples for using the rules under the examples/ directory.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Gompa <neal@gompa.dev>
---
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile              |   1 +
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c               |  19 +-
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h       |  61 ++++++
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c |  56 +++++
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c       |  11 +-
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h       |  57 ++++++
 scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c                | 214 ++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 415 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
 create mode 100644 scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c
 create mode 100644 scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c

diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile
index 6540282dc746..27258c31e839 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ gendwarfksyms-objs += gendwarfksyms.o
 gendwarfksyms-objs += cache.o
 gendwarfksyms-objs += die.o
 gendwarfksyms-objs += dwarf.o
+gendwarfksyms-objs += kabi.o
 gendwarfksyms-objs += symbols.o
 gendwarfksyms-objs += types.o
 
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c
index a47a3a0f7a69..b15f1a5db452 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ static bool match_export_symbol(struct state *state, Dwarf_Die *die)
 	return !!state->sym;
 }
 
-static bool is_declaration(Dwarf_Die *die)
+static bool is_declaration(struct die *cache, Dwarf_Die *die)
 {
 	bool value;
 
-	return get_flag_attr(die, DW_AT_declaration, &value) && value;
+	return (get_flag_attr(die, DW_AT_declaration, &value) && value) ||
+	       kabi_is_struct_declonly(cache->fqn);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -472,10 +473,11 @@ static void __process_structure_type(struct state *state, struct die *cache,
 	process(cache, " {");
 	process_linebreak(cache, 1);
 
-	is_decl = is_declaration(die);
+	is_decl = is_declaration(cache, die);
 
 	if (!is_decl && state->expand.expand) {
 		cache_mark_expanded(&state->expansion_cache, die->addr);
+		state->expand.current_fqn = cache->fqn;
 		check(process_die_container(state, cache, die, process_func,
 					    match_func));
 	}
@@ -508,6 +510,15 @@ static void process_enumerator_type(struct state *state, struct die *cache,
 {
 	Dwarf_Word value;
 
+	if (stable) {
+		/* Get the fqn before we process anything */
+		update_fqn(cache, die);
+
+		if (kabi_is_enumerator_ignored(state->expand.current_fqn,
+					       cache->fqn))
+			return;
+	}
+
 	process_list_comma(state, cache);
 	process(cache, "enumerator");
 	process_fqn(cache, die);
@@ -580,6 +591,7 @@ static void state_init(struct state *state)
 	state->expand.expand = true;
 	state->expand.ptr_depth = 0;
 	state->expand.ptr_expansion_depth = 0;
+	state->expand.current_fqn = NULL;
 	hash_init(state->expansion_cache.cache);
 }
 
@@ -589,6 +601,7 @@ static void expansion_state_restore(struct expansion_state *state,
 	state->expand = saved->expand;
 	state->ptr_depth = saved->ptr_depth;
 	state->ptr_expansion_depth = saved->ptr_expansion_depth;
+	state->current_fqn = saved->current_fqn;
 }
 
 static void expansion_state_save(struct expansion_state *state,
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c53e8d4a7d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Example macros for maintaining kABI stability.
+ *
+ * This file is based on android_kabi.h, which has the following notice:
+ *
+ * Heavily influenced by rh_kabi.h which came from the RHEL/CENTOS kernel
+ * and was:
+ *	Copyright (c) 2014 Don Zickus
+ *	Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Jiri Benc
+ *	Copyright (c) 2015 Sabrina Dubroca, Hannes Frederic Sowa
+ *	Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Prarit Bhargava
+ *	Copyright (c) 2017 Paolo Abeni, Larry Woodman
+ */
+
+#ifndef __KABI_H__
+#define __KABI_H__
+
+/* Kernel macros for userspace testing. */
+#ifndef __aligned
+#define __aligned(x) __attribute__((__aligned__(x)))
+#endif
+#ifndef __used
+#define __used __attribute__((__used__))
+#endif
+#ifndef __section
+#define __section(section) __attribute__((__section__(section)))
+#endif
+#ifndef __PASTE
+#define ___PASTE(a, b) a##b
+#define __PASTE(a, b) ___PASTE(a, b)
+#endif
+#ifndef __stringify
+#define __stringify_1(x...) #x
+#define __stringify(x...) __stringify_1(x)
+#endif
+
+#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
+
+/*
+ * KABI_USE_ARRAY(fqn)
+ *   Treat the struct fqn as a declaration, i.e. even if a definition
+ *   is available, don't expand the contents.
+ */
+#define KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(fqn) __KABI_RULE(struct_declonly, fqn, ;)
+
+/*
+ * KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field)
+ *   When expanding enum fqn, skip the provided field. This makes it
+ *   possible to hide added enum fields from versioning.
+ */
+#define KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field) \
+	__KABI_RULE(enumerator_ignore, fqn, field)
+
+#endif /* __KABI_H__ */
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..446818e67d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Examples for kABI rules with --stable.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The comments below each example contain the expected gendwarfksyms
+ * output which can be verified using LLVM's FileCheck tool:
+ *
+ * https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.html
+ *
+ * RUN: gcc -g -c examples/kabi_rules.c -o examples/kabi_rules.o
+ *
+ * Verify --stable output:
+ *
+ * RUN: echo -e "ex0\nex1" | \
+ * RUN:   ./gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-dies \
+ * RUN:   	examples/kabi_rules.o 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
+ * RUN:   FileCheck examples/kabi_rules.c --check-prefix=STABLE
+ */
+
+#include "kabi.h"
+
+struct s {
+	int a;
+};
+
+KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(s);
+
+struct s e0;
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type s {
+ * STABLE-NEXT: }
+ */
+
+enum e {
+	A,
+	B,
+	C,
+	D,
+};
+
+KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, B);
+KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, C);
+
+enum e e1;
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable enumeration_type e {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   enumerator A = 0 ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   enumerator D = 3
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(4)
+ */
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
index e90d909d259b..21abf1c98366 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ int dump_die_map;
 int dump_types;
 /* Print out expanded type strings used for symbol versions */
 int dump_versions;
+/* Support kABI stability features */
+int stable;
 /* Write a symtypes file */
 int symtypes;
 static const char *symtypes_file;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	      "      --dump-die-map   Print debugging information about die_map changes\n"
 	      "      --dump-types     Dump type strings\n"
 	      "      --dump-versions  Dump expanded type strings used for symbol versions\n"
+	      "  -s, --stable         Support kABI stability features\n"
 	      "  -T, --symtypes file  Write a symtypes file\n"
 	      "  -h, --help           Print this message\n"
 	      "\n",
@@ -97,17 +100,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				 { "dump-die-map", 0, &dump_die_map, 1 },
 				 { "dump-types", 0, &dump_types, 1 },
 				 { "dump-versions", 0, &dump_versions, 1 },
+				 { "stable", 0, NULL, 's' },
 				 { "symtypes", 1, NULL, 'T' },
 				 { "help", 0, NULL, 'h' },
 				 { 0, 0, NULL, 0 } };
 
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dT:h", opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dsT:h", opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 0:
 			break;
 		case 'd':
 			debug = 1;
 			break;
+		case 's':
+			stable = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'T':
 			symtypes = 1;
 			symtypes_file = optarg;
@@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			      strerror(errno));
 
 		symbol_read_symtab(fd);
+		kabi_read_rules(fd);
 
 		dwfl = dwfl_begin(&callbacks);
 		if (!dwfl)
@@ -167,6 +175,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			error("dwfl_getmodules failed for '%s'", argv[n]);
 
 		dwfl_end(dwfl);
+		kabi_free();
 	}
 
 	if (symfile)
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
index 814f53ef799e..f32ad4389b58 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern int dump_dies;
 extern int dump_die_map;
 extern int dump_types;
 extern int dump_versions;
+extern int stable;
 extern int symtypes;
 
 /*
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ struct expansion_state {
 	bool expand;
 	unsigned int ptr_depth;
 	unsigned int ptr_expansion_depth;
+	const char *current_fqn;
 };
 
 struct state {
@@ -256,4 +258,59 @@ void process_cu(Dwarf_Die *cudie);
 
 void generate_symtypes_and_versions(FILE *file);
 
+/*
+ * kabi.c
+ */
+
+#define KABI_RULE_SECTION ".discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules"
+#define KABI_RULE_VERSION "1"
+
+/*
+ * The rule section consists of four null-terminated strings per
+ * entry:
+ *
+ *   1. version
+ *      Entry format version. Must match KABI_RULE_VERSION.
+ *
+ *   2. type
+ *      Type of the kABI rule. Must be one of the tags defined below.
+ *
+ *   3. target
+ *      Rule-dependent target, typically the fully qualified name of
+ *      the target DIE.
+ *
+ *   4. value
+ *      Rule-dependent value.
+ */
+#define KABI_RULE_MIN_ENTRY_SIZE                                       \
+	(/* version\0 */ 2 + /* type\0 */ 2 + /* target\0" */ 2 + \
+	 /* value\0 */ 2)
+#define KABI_RULE_EMPTY_VALUE ";"
+
+/*
+ * Rule: struct_declonly
+ * - For the struct in the target field, treat it as a declaration
+ *   only even if a definition is available.
+ */
+#define KABI_RULE_TAG_STRUCT_DECLONLY "struct_declonly"
+
+/*
+ * Rule: enumerator_ignore
+ * - For the enum in the target field, ignore the named enumerator
+ *   in the value field.
+ */
+#define KABI_RULE_TAG_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE "enumerator_ignore"
+
+enum kabi_rule_type {
+	KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
+	KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
+	KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
+};
+
+bool kabi_is_enumerator_ignored(const char *fqn, const char *field);
+bool kabi_is_struct_declonly(const char *fqn);
+
+void kabi_read_rules(int fd);
+void kabi_free(void);
+
 #endif /* __GENDWARFKSYMS_H */
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5414382782c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ */
+
+#include "gendwarfksyms.h"
+
+#define RULE_HASH_BITS 10
+
+struct rule {
+	enum kabi_rule_type type;
+	const char *target;
+	const char *value;
+	struct hlist_node hash;
+};
+
+/* { type, target, value } -> struct rule */
+static HASHTABLE_DEFINE(rules, 1 << RULE_HASH_BITS);
+
+static inline unsigned int rule_hash(enum kabi_rule_type type,
+				     const char *target, const char *value)
+{
+	return hash_32(type) ^ hash_str(target) ^ hash_str(value);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int __rule_hash(const struct rule *rule)
+{
+	return rule_hash(rule->type, rule->target, rule->value);
+}
+
+static inline const char *get_rule_field(const char **pos, ssize_t *left)
+{
+	const char *start = *pos;
+	size_t len;
+
+	if (*left <= 1)
+		error("unexpected end of kABI rules");
+
+	len = strnlen(start, *left);
+	if (!len)
+		error("empty kABI rule field");
+
+	len += 1;
+	*pos += len;
+	*left -= len;
+
+	return start;
+}
+
+void kabi_read_rules(int fd)
+{
+	GElf_Shdr shdr_mem;
+	GElf_Shdr *shdr;
+	Elf_Data *rule_data = NULL;
+	Elf_Scn *scn;
+	Elf *elf;
+	size_t shstrndx;
+	const char *rule_str;
+	ssize_t left;
+	int i;
+
+	const struct {
+		enum kabi_rule_type type;
+		const char *tag;
+	} rule_types[] = {
+		{
+			.type = KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
+			.tag = KABI_RULE_TAG_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
+		},
+		{
+			.type = KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
+			.tag = KABI_RULE_TAG_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
+		},
+	};
+
+	if (!stable)
+		return;
+
+	if (elf_version(EV_CURRENT) != EV_CURRENT)
+		error("elf_version failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+
+	elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
+	if (!elf)
+		error("elf_begin failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+
+	if (elf_getshdrstrndx(elf, &shstrndx) < 0)
+		error("elf_getshdrstrndx failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+
+	scn = elf_nextscn(elf, NULL);
+
+	while (scn) {
+		shdr = gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_mem);
+		if (shdr) {
+			const char *sname =
+				elf_strptr(elf, shstrndx, shdr->sh_name);
+
+			if (sname && !strcmp(sname, KABI_RULE_SECTION)) {
+				rule_data = elf_getdata(scn, NULL);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn);
+	}
+
+	if (!rule_data) {
+		debug("kABI rules not found");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rule_str = rule_data->d_buf;
+	left = shdr->sh_size;
+
+	if (left < KABI_RULE_MIN_ENTRY_SIZE)
+		error("kABI rule section too small: %zd bytes", left);
+
+	if (rule_str[left - 1] != '\0')
+		error("kABI rules are not null-terminated");
+
+	while (left > KABI_RULE_MIN_ENTRY_SIZE) {
+		enum kabi_rule_type type = KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+		const char *field;
+		struct rule *rule;
+
+		/* version */
+		field = get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left);
+
+		if (strcmp(field, KABI_RULE_VERSION))
+			error("unsupported kABI rule version: '%s'", field);
+
+		/* type */
+		field = get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rule_types); i++) {
+			if (!strcmp(field, rule_types[i].tag)) {
+				type = rule_types[i].type;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (type == KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN)
+			error("unsupported kABI rule type: '%s'", field);
+
+		rule = xmalloc(sizeof(struct rule));
+
+		rule->type = type;
+		rule->target = xstrdup(get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left));
+		rule->value = xstrdup(get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left));
+
+		hash_add(rules, &rule->hash, __rule_hash(rule));
+
+		debug("kABI rule: type: '%s', target: '%s', value: '%s'", field,
+		      rule->target, rule->value);
+	}
+
+	if (left > 0)
+		warn("unexpected data at the end of the kABI rules section");
+
+	check(elf_end(elf));
+}
+
+bool kabi_is_struct_declonly(const char *fqn)
+{
+	struct rule *rule;
+
+	if (!stable)
+		return false;
+	if (!fqn || !*fqn)
+		return false;
+
+	hash_for_each_possible(rules, rule, hash,
+			       rule_hash(KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY, fqn,
+					 KABI_RULE_EMPTY_VALUE)) {
+		if (rule->type == KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY &&
+		    !strcmp(fqn, rule->target))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool kabi_is_enumerator_ignored(const char *fqn, const char *field)
+{
+	struct rule *rule;
+
+	if (!stable)
+		return false;
+	if (!fqn || !*fqn || !field || !*field)
+		return false;
+
+	hash_for_each_possible(rules, rule, hash,
+			       rule_hash(KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE, fqn,
+					 field)) {
+		if (rule->type == KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE &&
+		    !strcmp(fqn, rule->target) && !strcmp(field, rule->value))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+void kabi_free(void)
+{
+	struct hlist_node *tmp;
+	struct rule *rule;
+
+	hash_for_each_safe(rules, rule, tmp, hash) {
+		free((void *)rule->target);
+		free((void *)rule->value);
+		free(rule);
+	}
+
+	hash_init(rules);
+}
-- 
2.47.0.rc0.187.ge670bccf7e-goog
Re: [PATCH v4 14/19] gendwarfksyms: Add support for kABI rules
Posted by Petr Pavlu 1 month ago
On 10/8/24 20:38, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Distributions that want to maintain a stable kABI need the ability
> to make ABI compatible changes to kernel without affecting symbol
> versions, either because of LTS updates or backports.
> 
> With genksyms, developers would typically hide these changes from
> version calculation with #ifndef __GENKSYMS__, which would result
> in the symbol version not changing even though the actual type has
> changed.  When we process precompiled object files, this isn't an
> option.
> 
> To support this use case, add a --stable command line flag that
> gates kABI stability features that are not needed in mainline
> kernels, but can be useful for distributions, and add support for
> kABI rules, which can be used to restrict gendwarfksyms output.
> 
> The rules are specified as a set of null-terminated strings stored
> in the .discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules section. Each rule consists
> of four strings as follows:
> 
>   "version\0type\0target\0value"
> 
> The version string ensures the structure can be changed in a
> backwards compatible way. The type string indicates the type of the
> rule, and target and value strings contain rule-specific data.
> 
> Initially support two simple rules:
> 
>   1. Declaration-only structures
> 
>      A structure declaration can change into a full definition when
>      additional includes are pulled in to the TU, which changes the
>      versions of any symbol that references the struct. Add support
>      for defining declaration-only structs whose definition is not
>      expanded during versioning.
> 
>   2. Ignored enum fields
> 
>      It's possible to add new enum fields without changing the ABI,
>      but as the fields are included in symbol versioning, this would
>      change the versions. Add support for ignoring specific fields.
> 
> Add examples for using the rules under the examples/ directory.

Thanks for coming up with this approach. It makes sense to me.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
> Acked-by: Neal Gompa <neal@gompa.dev>
> ---
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile              |   1 +
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c               |  19 +-
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h       |  61 ++++++
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c |  56 +++++
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c       |  11 +-
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h       |  57 ++++++
>  scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c                | 214 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 415 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
>  create mode 100644 scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c
>  create mode 100644 scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile
> index 6540282dc746..27258c31e839 100644
> --- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/Makefile
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ gendwarfksyms-objs += gendwarfksyms.o
>  gendwarfksyms-objs += cache.o
>  gendwarfksyms-objs += die.o
>  gendwarfksyms-objs += dwarf.o
> +gendwarfksyms-objs += kabi.o
>  gendwarfksyms-objs += symbols.o
>  gendwarfksyms-objs += types.o
>  
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c
> index a47a3a0f7a69..b15f1a5db452 100644
> --- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/dwarf.c
> @@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ static bool match_export_symbol(struct state *state, Dwarf_Die *die)
>  	return !!state->sym;
>  }
>  
> -static bool is_declaration(Dwarf_Die *die)
> +static bool is_declaration(struct die *cache, Dwarf_Die *die)
>  {
>  	bool value;
>  
> -	return get_flag_attr(die, DW_AT_declaration, &value) && value;
> +	return (get_flag_attr(die, DW_AT_declaration, &value) && value) ||
> +	       kabi_is_struct_declonly(cache->fqn);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -472,10 +473,11 @@ static void __process_structure_type(struct state *state, struct die *cache,
>  	process(cache, " {");
>  	process_linebreak(cache, 1);
>  
> -	is_decl = is_declaration(die);
> +	is_decl = is_declaration(cache, die);
>  
>  	if (!is_decl && state->expand.expand) {
>  		cache_mark_expanded(&state->expansion_cache, die->addr);
> +		state->expand.current_fqn = cache->fqn;
>  		check(process_die_container(state, cache, die, process_func,
>  					    match_func));
>  	}
> @@ -508,6 +510,15 @@ static void process_enumerator_type(struct state *state, struct die *cache,
>  {
>  	Dwarf_Word value;
>  
> +	if (stable) {
> +		/* Get the fqn before we process anything */
> +		update_fqn(cache, die);
> +
> +		if (kabi_is_enumerator_ignored(state->expand.current_fqn,
> +					       cache->fqn))
> +			return;
> +	}
> +
>  	process_list_comma(state, cache);
>  	process(cache, "enumerator");
>  	process_fqn(cache, die);
> @@ -580,6 +591,7 @@ static void state_init(struct state *state)
>  	state->expand.expand = true;
>  	state->expand.ptr_depth = 0;
>  	state->expand.ptr_expansion_depth = 0;
> +	state->expand.current_fqn = NULL;
>  	hash_init(state->expansion_cache.cache);
>  }
>  
> @@ -589,6 +601,7 @@ static void expansion_state_restore(struct expansion_state *state,
>  	state->expand = saved->expand;
>  	state->ptr_depth = saved->ptr_depth;
>  	state->ptr_expansion_depth = saved->ptr_expansion_depth;
> +	state->current_fqn = saved->current_fqn;
>  }
>  
>  static void expansion_state_save(struct expansion_state *state,
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c53e8d4a7d2e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
> + *
> + * Example macros for maintaining kABI stability.
> + *
> + * This file is based on android_kabi.h, which has the following notice:
> + *
> + * Heavily influenced by rh_kabi.h which came from the RHEL/CENTOS kernel
> + * and was:
> + *	Copyright (c) 2014 Don Zickus
> + *	Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Jiri Benc
> + *	Copyright (c) 2015 Sabrina Dubroca, Hannes Frederic Sowa
> + *	Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Prarit Bhargava
> + *	Copyright (c) 2017 Paolo Abeni, Larry Woodman
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __KABI_H__
> +#define __KABI_H__
> +
> +/* Kernel macros for userspace testing. */
> +#ifndef __aligned
> +#define __aligned(x) __attribute__((__aligned__(x)))
> +#endif
> +#ifndef __used
> +#define __used __attribute__((__used__))
> +#endif
> +#ifndef __section
> +#define __section(section) __attribute__((__section__(section)))
> +#endif
> +#ifndef __PASTE
> +#define ___PASTE(a, b) a##b
> +#define __PASTE(a, b) ___PASTE(a, b)
> +#endif
> +#ifndef __stringify
> +#define __stringify_1(x...) #x
> +#define __stringify(x...) __stringify_1(x)
> +#endif
> +
> +#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
> +
> +/*
> + * KABI_USE_ARRAY(fqn)
> + *   Treat the struct fqn as a declaration, i.e. even if a definition
> + *   is available, don't expand the contents.
> + */
> +#define KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(fqn) __KABI_RULE(struct_declonly, fqn, ;)

Nit: s/KABI_USE_ARRAY/KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY/ in the preceding comment.

> +
> +/*
> + * KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field)
> + *   When expanding enum fqn, skip the provided field. This makes it
> + *   possible to hide added enum fields from versioning.
> + */
> +#define KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field) \
> +	__KABI_RULE(enumerator_ignore, fqn, field)
> +
> +#endif /* __KABI_H__ */
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..446818e67d80
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_rules.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
> + *
> + * Examples for kABI rules with --stable.
> + */
> +
> +/*
> + * The comments below each example contain the expected gendwarfksyms
> + * output which can be verified using LLVM's FileCheck tool:
> + *
> + * https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.html
> + *
> + * RUN: gcc -g -c examples/kabi_rules.c -o examples/kabi_rules.o
> + *
> + * Verify --stable output:
> + *
> + * RUN: echo -e "ex0\nex1" | \
> + * RUN:   ./gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-dies \
> + * RUN:   	examples/kabi_rules.o 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
> + * RUN:   FileCheck examples/kabi_rules.c --check-prefix=STABLE
> + */

It would be useful to make this test automated. Overall, I believe
gendwarfksyms should have a set of automated tests to verify its
functionality. At a minimum, I think we would want to work out some
blueprint how to write them. Should they be added to kselftests, or
would something like kconfig/tests be more appropriate? How to write
tests with stable DWARF data that ideally work across all platforms?
More tests can be then added incrementally.

> +
> +#include "kabi.h"
> +
> +struct s {
> +	int a;
> +};
> +
> +KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(s);
> +
> +struct s e0;
> +
> +/*
> + * STABLE:      variable structure_type s {
> + * STABLE-NEXT: }
> + */
> +
> +enum e {
> +	A,
> +	B,
> +	C,
> +	D,
> +};
> +
> +KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, B);
> +KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, C);
> +
> +enum e e1;
> +
> +/*
> + * STABLE:      variable enumeration_type e {
> + * STABLE-NEXT:   enumerator A = 0 ,
> + * STABLE-NEXT:   enumerator D = 3
> + * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(4)
> + */
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
> index e90d909d259b..21abf1c98366 100644
> --- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ int dump_die_map;
>  int dump_types;
>  /* Print out expanded type strings used for symbol versions */
>  int dump_versions;
> +/* Support kABI stability features */
> +int stable;
>  /* Write a symtypes file */
>  int symtypes;
>  static const char *symtypes_file;
> @@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ static void usage(void)
>  	      "      --dump-die-map   Print debugging information about die_map changes\n"
>  	      "      --dump-types     Dump type strings\n"
>  	      "      --dump-versions  Dump expanded type strings used for symbol versions\n"
> +	      "  -s, --stable         Support kABI stability features\n"
>  	      "  -T, --symtypes file  Write a symtypes file\n"
>  	      "  -h, --help           Print this message\n"
>  	      "\n",
> @@ -97,17 +100,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  				 { "dump-die-map", 0, &dump_die_map, 1 },
>  				 { "dump-types", 0, &dump_types, 1 },
>  				 { "dump-versions", 0, &dump_versions, 1 },
> +				 { "stable", 0, NULL, 's' },
>  				 { "symtypes", 1, NULL, 'T' },
>  				 { "help", 0, NULL, 'h' },
>  				 { 0, 0, NULL, 0 } };
>  
> -	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dT:h", opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
> +	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dsT:h", opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
>  		switch (opt) {
>  		case 0:
>  			break;
>  		case 'd':
>  			debug = 1;
>  			break;
> +		case 's':
> +			stable = 1;
> +			break;
>  		case 'T':
>  			symtypes = 1;
>  			symtypes_file = optarg;
> @@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  			      strerror(errno));
>  
>  		symbol_read_symtab(fd);
> +		kabi_read_rules(fd);
>  
>  		dwfl = dwfl_begin(&callbacks);
>  		if (!dwfl)
> @@ -167,6 +175,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  			error("dwfl_getmodules failed for '%s'", argv[n]);
>  
>  		dwfl_end(dwfl);
> +		kabi_free();
>  	}
>  
>  	if (symfile)
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
> index 814f53ef799e..f32ad4389b58 100644
> --- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/gendwarfksyms.h
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern int dump_dies;
>  extern int dump_die_map;
>  extern int dump_types;
>  extern int dump_versions;
> +extern int stable;
>  extern int symtypes;
>  
>  /*
> @@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ struct expansion_state {
>  	bool expand;
>  	unsigned int ptr_depth;
>  	unsigned int ptr_expansion_depth;
> +	const char *current_fqn;
>  };
>  
>  struct state {
> @@ -256,4 +258,59 @@ void process_cu(Dwarf_Die *cudie);
>  
>  void generate_symtypes_and_versions(FILE *file);
>  
> +/*
> + * kabi.c
> + */
> +
> +#define KABI_RULE_SECTION ".discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules"
> +#define KABI_RULE_VERSION "1"
> +
> +/*
> + * The rule section consists of four null-terminated strings per
> + * entry:
> + *
> + *   1. version
> + *      Entry format version. Must match KABI_RULE_VERSION.
> + *
> + *   2. type
> + *      Type of the kABI rule. Must be one of the tags defined below.
> + *
> + *   3. target
> + *      Rule-dependent target, typically the fully qualified name of
> + *      the target DIE.
> + *
> + *   4. value
> + *      Rule-dependent value.
> + */
> +#define KABI_RULE_MIN_ENTRY_SIZE                                       \
> +	(/* version\0 */ 2 + /* type\0 */ 2 + /* target\0" */ 2 + \
> +	 /* value\0 */ 2)
> +#define KABI_RULE_EMPTY_VALUE ";"

Hmm, is there a reason why an empty value is ";" instead of just ""?

> +
> +/*
> + * Rule: struct_declonly
> + * - For the struct in the target field, treat it as a declaration
> + *   only even if a definition is available.
> + */
> +#define KABI_RULE_TAG_STRUCT_DECLONLY "struct_declonly"
> +
> +/*
> + * Rule: enumerator_ignore
> + * - For the enum in the target field, ignore the named enumerator
> + *   in the value field.
> + */
> +#define KABI_RULE_TAG_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE "enumerator_ignore"
> +
> +enum kabi_rule_type {
> +	KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
> +	KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
> +	KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
> +};

Nit: All new KABI_* defines and the enum kabi_rule_type added in
gendwarfksyms.h are used only locally from kabi.c, so they could be
moved in that file.

> +
> +bool kabi_is_enumerator_ignored(const char *fqn, const char *field);
> +bool kabi_is_struct_declonly(const char *fqn);
> +
> +void kabi_read_rules(int fd);
> +void kabi_free(void);
> +
>  #endif /* __GENDWARFKSYMS_H */
> diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a5414382782c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/kabi.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
> + */
> +
> +#include "gendwarfksyms.h"
> +
> +#define RULE_HASH_BITS 10
> +
> +struct rule {
> +	enum kabi_rule_type type;
> +	const char *target;
> +	const char *value;
> +	struct hlist_node hash;
> +};

What is the idea behind using 'const char *' instead of 'char *' for
owned strings in structures?

> +
> +/* { type, target, value } -> struct rule */
> +static HASHTABLE_DEFINE(rules, 1 << RULE_HASH_BITS);
> +
> +static inline unsigned int rule_hash(enum kabi_rule_type type,
> +				     const char *target, const char *value)
> +{
> +	return hash_32(type) ^ hash_str(target) ^ hash_str(value);
> +}
> +
> +static inline unsigned int __rule_hash(const struct rule *rule)
> +{
> +	return rule_hash(rule->type, rule->target, rule->value);
> +}

Nit: Perhaps call the two hash functions rule_values_hash() and
rule_hash() to avoid the "__" prefix?

As a general comment, I believe the gendwarfksyms code overuses the "__"
prefix. Similarly, I find harder to navigate its code when, in a few
instances, there is a function named <verb>_<object>() and another as
<object>_<verb>(). An example of both would be the functions
expand_type(), type_expand() and __type_expand().

> +
> +static inline const char *get_rule_field(const char **pos, ssize_t *left)
> +{
> +	const char *start = *pos;
> +	size_t len;
> +
> +	if (*left <= 1)
> +		error("unexpected end of kABI rules");
> +
> +	len = strnlen(start, *left);
> +	if (!len)
> +		error("empty kABI rule field");
> +
> +	len += 1;
> +	*pos += len;
> +	*left -= len;
> +
> +	return start;
> +}
> +
> +void kabi_read_rules(int fd)
> +{
> +	GElf_Shdr shdr_mem;
> +	GElf_Shdr *shdr;
> +	Elf_Data *rule_data = NULL;
> +	Elf_Scn *scn;
> +	Elf *elf;
> +	size_t shstrndx;
> +	const char *rule_str;
> +	ssize_t left;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	const struct {
> +		enum kabi_rule_type type;
> +		const char *tag;
> +	} rule_types[] = {
> +		{
> +			.type = KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
> +			.tag = KABI_RULE_TAG_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
> +		},
> +		{
> +			.type = KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
> +			.tag = KABI_RULE_TAG_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
> +		},
> +	};
> +
> +	if (!stable)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (elf_version(EV_CURRENT) != EV_CURRENT)
> +		error("elf_version failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
> +
> +	elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
> +	if (!elf)
> +		error("elf_begin failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
> +
> +	if (elf_getshdrstrndx(elf, &shstrndx) < 0)
> +		error("elf_getshdrstrndx failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
> +
> +	scn = elf_nextscn(elf, NULL);
> +
> +	while (scn) {
> +		shdr = gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_mem);
> +		if (shdr) {

Isn't it an error when gelf_getshdr() returns NULL and as such it should
be reported with error()? If this makes sense then the same handling
should be implemented in symbols.c:elf_for_each_global().

> +			const char *sname =
> +				elf_strptr(elf, shstrndx, shdr->sh_name);
> +
> +			if (sname && !strcmp(sname, KABI_RULE_SECTION)) {
> +				rule_data = elf_getdata(scn, NULL);

Similarly here for elf_strptr() and elf_getdata().

> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
> +
> +		scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn);
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!rule_data) {
> +		debug("kABI rules not found");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	rule_str = rule_data->d_buf;
> +	left = shdr->sh_size;
> +
> +	if (left < KABI_RULE_MIN_ENTRY_SIZE)
> +		error("kABI rule section too small: %zd bytes", left);
> +
> +	if (rule_str[left - 1] != '\0')
> +		error("kABI rules are not null-terminated");
> +
> +	while (left > KABI_RULE_MIN_ENTRY_SIZE) {
> +		enum kabi_rule_type type = KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
> +		const char *field;
> +		struct rule *rule;
> +
> +		/* version */
> +		field = get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left);
> +
> +		if (strcmp(field, KABI_RULE_VERSION))
> +			error("unsupported kABI rule version: '%s'", field);
> +
> +		/* type */
> +		field = get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left);
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rule_types); i++) {
> +			if (!strcmp(field, rule_types[i].tag)) {
> +				type = rule_types[i].type;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
> +
> +		if (type == KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN)
> +			error("unsupported kABI rule type: '%s'", field);
> +
> +		rule = xmalloc(sizeof(struct rule));
> +
> +		rule->type = type;
> +		rule->target = xstrdup(get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left));
> +		rule->value = xstrdup(get_rule_field(&rule_str, &left));
> +
> +		hash_add(rules, &rule->hash, __rule_hash(rule));
> +
> +		debug("kABI rule: type: '%s', target: '%s', value: '%s'", field,
> +		      rule->target, rule->value);
> +	}
> +
> +	if (left > 0)
> +		warn("unexpected data at the end of the kABI rules section");
> +
> +	check(elf_end(elf));
> +}
> +
> +bool kabi_is_struct_declonly(const char *fqn)
> +{
> +	struct rule *rule;
> +
> +	if (!stable)
> +		return false;
> +	if (!fqn || !*fqn)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	hash_for_each_possible(rules, rule, hash,
> +			       rule_hash(KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY, fqn,
> +					 KABI_RULE_EMPTY_VALUE)) {
> +		if (rule->type == KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY &&
> +		    !strcmp(fqn, rule->target))
> +			return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +bool kabi_is_enumerator_ignored(const char *fqn, const char *field)
> +{
> +	struct rule *rule;
> +
> +	if (!stable)
> +		return false;
> +	if (!fqn || !*fqn || !field || !*field)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	hash_for_each_possible(rules, rule, hash,
> +			       rule_hash(KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE, fqn,
> +					 field)) {
> +		if (rule->type == KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE &&
> +		    !strcmp(fqn, rule->target) && !strcmp(field, rule->value))
> +			return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +void kabi_free(void)
> +{
> +	struct hlist_node *tmp;
> +	struct rule *rule;
> +
> +	hash_for_each_safe(rules, rule, tmp, hash) {
> +		free((void *)rule->target);
> +		free((void *)rule->value);
> +		free(rule);
> +	}
> +
> +	hash_init(rules);
> +}

-- 
Thanks,
Petr
Re: [PATCH v4 14/19] gendwarfksyms: Add support for kABI rules
Posted by Sami Tolvanen 1 month ago
Hi,

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 7:39 AM Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/8/24 20:38, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * KABI_USE_ARRAY(fqn)
> > + *   Treat the struct fqn as a declaration, i.e. even if a definition
> > + *   is available, don't expand the contents.
> > + */
> > +#define KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY(fqn) __KABI_RULE(struct_declonly, fqn, ;)
>
> Nit: s/KABI_USE_ARRAY/KABI_STRUCT_DECLONLY/ in the preceding comment.

Thanks, I'll fix this in the next version.

> > + * Verify --stable output:
> > + *
> > + * RUN: echo -e "ex0\nex1" | \
> > + * RUN:   ./gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-dies \
> > + * RUN:      examples/kabi_rules.o 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
> > + * RUN:   FileCheck examples/kabi_rules.c --check-prefix=STABLE
> > + */
>
> It would be useful to make this test automated. Overall, I believe
> gendwarfksyms should have a set of automated tests to verify its
> functionality. At a minimum, I think we would want to work out some
> blueprint how to write them. Should they be added to kselftests, or
> would something like kconfig/tests be more appropriate? How to write
> tests with stable DWARF data that ideally work across all platforms?
> More tests can be then added incrementally.

Different compilers produce slightly different DWARF data, so we can't
necessarily guarantee that the output is the same even between
different compilers, let alone architectures, which makes automated
testing a bit more challenging. If we want tests for simple cases like
in these example files, it should be possible to work something out.
Otherwise, I think the best way to test the tool is to do build tests
and ensure that there are no warnings or errors, e.g. for missing
versions. Did you have any thoughts about the kinds of tests you'd
like to see?

> > +#define KABI_RULE_EMPTY_VALUE ";"
>
> Hmm, is there a reason why an empty value is ";" instead of just ""?

Not really, I can change this to an empty string in v5.

> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Rule: struct_declonly
> > + * - For the struct in the target field, treat it as a declaration
> > + *   only even if a definition is available.
> > + */
> > +#define KABI_RULE_TAG_STRUCT_DECLONLY "struct_declonly"
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Rule: enumerator_ignore
> > + * - For the enum in the target field, ignore the named enumerator
> > + *   in the value field.
> > + */
> > +#define KABI_RULE_TAG_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE "enumerator_ignore"
> > +
> > +enum kabi_rule_type {
> > +     KABI_RULE_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
> > +     KABI_RULE_TYPE_STRUCT_DECLONLY,
> > +     KABI_RULE_TYPE_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE,
> > +};
>
> Nit: All new KABI_* defines and the enum kabi_rule_type added in
> gendwarfksyms.h are used only locally from kabi.c, so they could be
> moved in that file.

True, I'll move these.

> > +struct rule {
> > +     enum kabi_rule_type type;
> > +     const char *target;
> > +     const char *value;
> > +     struct hlist_node hash;
> > +};
>
> What is the idea behind using 'const char *' instead of 'char *' for
> owned strings in structures?

I mentioned this in the previous response, but it's to make it more
obvious that the contents of these strings shouldn't be modified by
the users of this struct.

> > +static inline unsigned int rule_hash(enum kabi_rule_type type,
> > +                                  const char *target, const char *value)
> > +{
> > +     return hash_32(type) ^ hash_str(target) ^ hash_str(value);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline unsigned int __rule_hash(const struct rule *rule)
> > +{
> > +     return rule_hash(rule->type, rule->target, rule->value);
> > +}
>
> Nit: Perhaps call the two hash functions rule_values_hash() and
> rule_hash() to avoid the "__" prefix?

Sure, I'll rename the functions.

> As a general comment, I believe the gendwarfksyms code overuses the "__"
> prefix. Similarly, I find harder to navigate its code when, in a few
> instances, there is a function named <verb>_<object>() and another as
> <object>_<verb>(). An example of both would be the functions
> expand_type(), type_expand() and __type_expand().

I suspect this is a matter of personal preference. I don't have strong
feelings about the naming, but I'm happy to accept suggestions!

> > +     scn = elf_nextscn(elf, NULL);
> > +
> > +     while (scn) {
> > +             shdr = gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_mem);
> > +             if (shdr) {
>
> Isn't it an error when gelf_getshdr() returns NULL and as such it should
> be reported with error()? If this makes sense then the same handling
> should be implemented in symbols.c:elf_for_each_global().

Good point, I'll change this, also in symbols.c.

>
> > +                     const char *sname =
> > +                             elf_strptr(elf, shstrndx, shdr->sh_name);
> > +
> > +                     if (sname && !strcmp(sname, KABI_RULE_SECTION)) {
> > +                             rule_data = elf_getdata(scn, NULL);
>
> Similarly here for elf_strptr() and elf_getdata().

Ack.

Sami