[Crash-utility] [PATCH v2] symbols: skip load .init.* sections if module was successfully initialized
There might be address overlap of one module's .init.text symbols and
another module's .text symbols. As a result, gdb fails to translate the
address to symbol name correctly:
crash> sym -m virtio_blk | grep MODULE
ffffffffc00a4000 MODULE START: virtio_blk
ffffffffc00a86ec MODULE END: virtio_blk
crash> gdb info address floppy_module_init
Symbol "floppy_module_init" is a function at address 0xffffffffc00a4131.
Since the .init.* sections of a module had been freed by kernel if the
module was initialized successfully, there is no need to load the .init.*
sections data from "*.ko.debug" in gdb to create such an overlap.
lm->mod_init_module_ptr is used as a flag of whether module is freed.
Without the patch:
crash> mod -S
crash> struct blk_mq_ops 0xffffffffc00a7160
struct blk_mq_ops {
queue_rq = 0xffffffffc00a45b0 <floppy_module_init+1151>, <-- symbol translated
from module floppy
map_queue = 0xffffffff813015c0 <blk_mq_map_queue>,
...snip...
complete = 0xffffffffc00a4370 <floppy_module_init+575>,
init_request = 0xffffffffc00a4260 <floppy_module_init+303>,
...snip...
}
With the patch:
crash> mod -S
crash> struct blk_mq_ops 0xffffffffc00a7160
struct blk_mq_ops {
queue_rq = 0xffffffffc00a45b0 <virtio_queue_rq>, <-- symbol translated from
module virtio_blk
map_queue = 0xffffffff813015c0 <blk_mq_map_queue>,
...snip...
complete = 0xffffffffc00a4370 <virtblk_request_done>,
init_request = 0xffffffffc00a4260 <virtblk_init_request>,
...snip...
}
Signed-off-by: Tao Liu <ltao(a)redhat.com>
---
v1: [PATCH 1/2] symbols: expand kernel modules symtable before symbols translation
[PATCH 2/2] symbols: fix the error belonging of the kernel modules symbols
v2 -> v1: Used different solution, re-drafted patch based on Kazu's comments,
so v1 can be discarded.
---
symbols.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/symbols.c b/symbols.c
index 8e8b4c3..dae5b04 100644
--- a/symbols.c
+++ b/symbols.c
@@ -13283,7 +13283,7 @@ add_symbol_file_kallsyms(struct load_module *lm, struct
gnu_request *req)
shift_string_right(req->buf, strlen(buf));
BCOPY(buf, req->buf, strlen(buf));
retval = TRUE;
- } else {
+ } else if (lm->mod_init_module_ptr || !STRNEQ(section_name, ".init.")) {
sprintf(buf, " -s %s 0x%lx", section_name, section_vaddr);
while ((len + strlen(buf)) >= buflen) {
RESIZEBUF(req->buf, buflen, buflen * 2);
--
2.40.1