The .rodata.(cst|str)* sections are often resized during the final
linking and since these sections do not cover actual symbols there is
no need to include them in the modules.builtin.ranges data.

When these sections were included in processing and resizing occurred,
modules were reported with ranges that extended beyond their true end,
causing subsequent symbols (in address order) to be associated with
the wrong module.

Fixes: 5f5e7344322f ("kbuild: generate offset range data for builtin modules")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
---
 scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk b/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk
index b9ec761b3bef..d4bd5c2b998c 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk
+++ b/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk
@@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ ARGIND == 2 && !anchor && NF == 2 && $1 ~ /^0x/ && $2 !~ /^0x/ {
 # section.
 #
 ARGIND == 2 && sect && NF == 4 && /^ [^ \*]/ && !($1 in sect_addend) {
+	# There are a few sections with constant data (without symbols) that
+	# can get resized during linking, so it is best to ignore them.
+	if ($1 ~ /^\.rodata\.(cst|str)[0-9]/)
+		next;
+
 	if (!($1 in sect_base)) {
 		sect_base[$1] = base;
 
-- 
2.45.2

On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> The .rodata.(cst|str)* sections are often resized during the final
> linking and since these sections do not cover actual symbols there is
> no need to include them in the modules.builtin.ranges data.
>
> When these sections were included in processing and resizing occurred,
> modules were reported with ranges that extended beyond their true end,
> causing subsequent symbols (in address order) to be associated with
> the wrong module.
>
> Fixes: 5f5e7344322f ("kbuild: generate offset range data for builtin modules")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jack Vogel <jack.vogel@oracle.com>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.

>  scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk b/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk
> index b9ec761b3bef..d4bd5c2b998c 100755
> --- a/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk
> +++ b/scripts/generate_builtin_ranges.awk
> @@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ ARGIND == 2 && !anchor && NF == 2 && $1 ~ /^0x/ && $2 !~ /^0x/ {
>  # section.
>  #
>  ARGIND == 2 && sect && NF == 4 && /^ [^ \*]/ && !($1 in sect_addend) {
> +       # There are a few sections with constant data (without symbols) that
> +       # can get resized during linking, so it is best to ignore them.
> +       if ($1 ~ /^\.rodata\.(cst|str)[0-9]/)
> +               next;
> +
>         if (!($1 in sect_base)) {
>                 sect_base[$1] = base;
>
> --
> 2.45.2
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada