Hi, Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: > The commit <cd8954023bd4> broke crash-utility on s390x and got the > following error: > > crash: cannot resolve ".rodata" > > The reason is that all symbols containing a "." may be filtered out > on s390x. To prevent the current failure, a simple way is to check > whether the symbol ".rodata" exists before calculating the value of > a symbol. > > Fixes: cd8954023bd4 ("kernel: fix start-up time degradation caused by strings command") > Reported-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; > Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > kernel.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 > --- a/kernel.c > +++ b/kernel.c > @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, size_t size) > struct bfd_section *sect; > long offset; > > + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata")) > + return FALSE; > + > sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); > if (!sect) > return FALSE; > -- > 2.20.1 thanks! This works on s390x.

Regards Alex

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 2:05 PM lijiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 1:22 PM Alexander Egorenkov < > egorenar(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: >> >> > The commit <cd8954023bd4> broke crash-utility on s390x and got the >> > following error: >> > >> > crash: cannot resolve ".rodata" >> > >> > The reason is that all symbols containing a "." may be filtered out >> > on s390x. To prevent the current failure, a simple way is to check >> > whether the symbol ".rodata" exists before calculating the value of >> > a symbol. >> > >> > Fixes: cd8954023bd4 ("kernel: fix start-up time degradation caused by >> strings command") >> > Reported-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; >> > Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; >> > --- >> > kernel.c | 3 +++ >> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) >> > >> > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c >> > index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 >> > --- a/kernel.c >> > +++ b/kernel.c >> > @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, >> size_t size) >> > struct bfd_section *sect; >> > long offset; >> > >> > + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata")) >> > + return FALSE; >> > + >> > sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); >> > if (!sect) >> > return FALSE; >> > -- >> > 2.20.1 >> >> thanks! This works on s390x. >> > Sorry, my reply was truncated. How about the following changes? > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 > --- a/kernel.c > +++ b/kernel.c > @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, > size_t size) > struct bfd_section *sect; > long offset; > > + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata")) > + return FALSE; > + > sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); > if (!sect) > return FALSE; > diff --git a/s390.c b/s390.c > index 078b1a25724e..42f5cc63ae52 100644 > --- a/s390.c > +++ b/s390.c > @@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ s390_verify_symbol(const char *name, ulong value, char > type) > if (strstr(name, "L2\002") == name) > return FALSE; > > + if (STREQ(name, ".rodata")) > + return TRUE; > + > /* throw away all symbols containing a '.' */ > for(i = 0; i < strlen(name);i++){ > if(name[i] == '.') > diff --git a/s390x.c b/s390x.c > index c07d283d7f52..d7ee3755fc0b 100644 > --- a/s390x.c > +++ b/s390x.c > @@ -1087,6 +1087,9 @@ s390x_verify_symbol(const char *name, ulong value, > char type) > if (strstr(name, "L2\002") == name) > return FALSE; > > + if (STREQ(name, ".rodata")) > + return TRUE; > + > /* throw away all symbols containing a '.' */ > for(i = 0; i < strlen(name);i++){ > if(name[i] == '.') > This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 2:05 PM lijiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 1:22 PM Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; wrote: Hi, Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: > The commit <cd8954023bd4> broke crash-utility on s390x and got the > following error: > > crash: cannot resolve ".rodata" > > The reason is that all symbols containing a "." may be filtered out > on s390x. To prevent the current failure, a simple way is to check > whether the symbol ".rodata" exists before calculating the value of > a symbol. > > Fixes: cd8954023bd4 ("kernel: fix start-up time degradation caused by strings command") > Reported-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; > Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > kernel.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 > --- a/kernel.c > +++ b/kernel.c > @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, size_t size) > struct bfd_section *sect; > long offset; > > + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata")) > + return FALSE; > + > sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); > if (!sect) > return FALSE; > -- > 2.20.1 thanks! This works on s390x. Sorry, my reply was truncated. How about the following changes? diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 --- a/kernel.c +++ b/kernel.c @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, size_t size) struct bfd_section *sect; long offset; + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata")) + return FALSE; + sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); if (!sect) return FALSE; diff --git a/s390.c b/s390.c index 078b1a25724e..42f5cc63ae52 100644 --- a/s390.c +++ b/s390.c @@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ s390_verify_symbol(const char *name, ulong value, char type) if (strstr(name, "L2\002") == name) return FALSE; + if (STREQ(name, ".rodata")) + return TRUE; + /* throw away all symbols containing a '.' */ for(i = 0; i < strlen(name);i++){ if(name[i] == '.') diff --git a/s390x.c b/s390x.c index c07d283d7f52..d7ee3755fc0b 100644 --- a/s390x.c +++ b/s390x.c @@ -1087,6 +1087,9 @@ s390x_verify_symbol(const char *name, ulong value, char type) if (strstr(name, "L2\002") == name) return FALSE; + if (STREQ(name, ".rodata")) + return TRUE; + /* throw away all symbols containing a '.' */ for(i = 0; i < strlen(name);i++){ if(name[i] == '.')

> Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; writes: > > > The commit <cd8954023bd4> broke crash-utility on s390x and got the > > following error: > > > > crash: cannot resolve ".rodata" > > > > The reason is that all symbols containing a "." may be filtered out > > on s390x. To prevent the current failure, a simple way is to check > > whether the symbol ".rodata" exists before calculating the value of > > a symbol. > > > > Fixes: cd8954023bd4 ("kernel: fix start-up time degradation caused by strings command") > > Reported-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; > > Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; > > --- > > kernel.c | 3 +++ > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > > index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 > > --- a/kernel.c > > +++ b/kernel.c > > @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, size_t size) > > struct bfd_section *sect; > > long offset; > > > > + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata")) > > + return FALSE; > > + > > sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); > > if (!sect) > > return FALSE; > > -- > > 2.20.1 > > thanks! This works on s390x. > > Sorry, my reply was truncated. How about the following changes? > > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > index 92434a3ffe2d..b504564846c7 100644 > --- a/kernel.c > +++ b/kernel.c > @@ -11790,6 +11790,9 @@ int get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux(char *buf, size_t size) > struct bfd_section *sect; > long offset; > > + if (!symbol_exists(".rodata"))

> + return FALSE; > + > sect = bfd_get_section_by_name(st->bfd, ".rodata"); > if (!sect) > return FALSE; > diff --git a/s390.c b/s390.c > index 078b1a25724e..42f5cc63ae52 100644 > --- a/s390.c > +++ b/s390.c > @@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ s390_verify_symbol(const char *name, ulong value, char type) > if (strstr(name, "L2\002") == name) > return FALSE; > > + if (STREQ(name, ".rodata")) > + return TRUE; > + > /* throw away all symbols containing a '.' */ > for(i = 0; i < strlen(name);i++){ > if(name[i] == '.') > diff --git a/s390x.c b/s390x.c > index c07d283d7f52..d7ee3755fc0b 100644 > --- a/s390x.c > +++ b/s390x.c > @@ -1087,6 +1087,9 @@ s390x_verify_symbol(const char *name, ulong value, char type) > if (strstr(name, "L2\002") == name) > return FALSE; > > + if (STREQ(name, ".rodata")) > + return TRUE; > + > /* throw away all symbols containing a '.' */ > for(i = 0; i < strlen(name);i++){ > if(name[i] == '.') Looks good to me. Tested on s390x, works with get_linux_banner_from_vmlinux().