Kernel module build with GCOV profiling fails to load with the
following error:
$ insmod test_module.ko
test_module: unknown relocation: 38
insmod: can't insert 'test_module.ko': invalid module format
This happens because constructor pointers in the .init_array section
have not supported R_ARM_TARGET1 relocation type.
Documentation (ELF for the ARM Architecture) says:
"The relocation must be processed either in the same way as R_ARM_REL32 or
as R_ARM_ABS32: a virtual platform must specify which method is used."
Since kernel expects to see absolute addresses in .init_array R_ARM_TARGET1
relocation type should be treated the same way as R_ARM_ABS32.
Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabi...@samsung.com>
---
arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h | 1 +
arch/arm/kernel/module.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
index f4b46d3..afb9caf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ typedef struct user_fp elf_fpregset_t;
#define R_ARM_ABS32 2
#define R_ARM_CALL 28
#define R_ARM_JUMP24 29
+#define R_ARM_TARGET1 38
#define R_ARM_V4BX 40
#define R_ARM_PREL31 42
#define R_ARM_MOVW_ABS_NC 43
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
index 45e4781..6a4dffe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ apply_relocate(Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab,
unsigned int symindex,
break;
case R_ARM_ABS32:
+ case R_ARM_TARGET1:
*(u32 *)loc += sym->st_value;
break;
--
1.8.5.5
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