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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-18 17:35:05 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-18 17:39:31 +0000
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parentAdding upstream version 6.6.15. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 6.7.7.upstream/6.7.7
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * Helper functions for finding the symbol in an ELF which is "nearest"
+ * to a given address.
+ */
+
+#include "modpost.h"
+
+struct syminfo {
+ unsigned int symbol_index;
+ unsigned int section_index;
+ Elf_Addr addr;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Container used to hold an entire binary search table.
+ * Entries in table are ascending, sorted first by section_index,
+ * then by addr, and last by symbol_index. The sorting by
+ * symbol_index is used to ensure predictable behavior when
+ * multiple symbols are present with the same address; all
+ * symbols past the first are effectively ignored, by eliding
+ * them in symsearch_fixup().
+ */
+struct symsearch {
+ unsigned int table_size;
+ struct syminfo table[];
+};
+
+static int syminfo_compare(const void *s1, const void *s2)
+{
+ const struct syminfo *sym1 = s1;
+ const struct syminfo *sym2 = s2;
+
+ if (sym1->section_index > sym2->section_index)
+ return 1;
+ if (sym1->section_index < sym2->section_index)
+ return -1;
+ if (sym1->addr > sym2->addr)
+ return 1;
+ if (sym1->addr < sym2->addr)
+ return -1;
+ if (sym1->symbol_index > sym2->symbol_index)
+ return 1;
+ if (sym1->symbol_index < sym2->symbol_index)
+ return -1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int symbol_count(struct elf_info *elf)
+{
+ unsigned int result = 0;
+
+ for (Elf_Sym *sym = elf->symtab_start; sym < elf->symtab_stop; sym++) {
+ if (is_valid_name(elf, sym))
+ result++;
+ }
+ return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Populate the search array that we just allocated.
+ * Be slightly paranoid here. The ELF file is mmap'd and could
+ * conceivably change between symbol_count() and symsearch_populate().
+ * If we notice any difference, bail out rather than potentially
+ * propagating errors or crashing.
+ */
+static void symsearch_populate(struct elf_info *elf,
+ struct syminfo *table,
+ unsigned int table_size)
+{
+ bool is_arm = (elf->hdr->e_machine == EM_ARM);
+
+ for (Elf_Sym *sym = elf->symtab_start; sym < elf->symtab_stop; sym++) {
+ if (is_valid_name(elf, sym)) {
+ if (table_size-- == 0)
+ fatal("%s: size mismatch\n", __func__);
+ table->symbol_index = sym - elf->symtab_start;
+ table->section_index = get_secindex(elf, sym);
+ table->addr = sym->st_value;
+
+ /*
+ * For ARM Thumb instruction, the bit 0 of st_value is
+ * set if the symbol is STT_FUNC type. Mask it to get
+ * the address.
+ */
+ if (is_arm && ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_FUNC)
+ table->addr &= ~1;
+
+ table++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (table_size != 0)
+ fatal("%s: size mismatch\n", __func__);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Do any fixups on the table after sorting.
+ * For now, this just finds adjacent entries which have
+ * the same section_index and addr, and it propagates
+ * the first symbol_index over the subsequent entries,
+ * so that only one symbol_index is seen for any given
+ * section_index and addr. This ensures that whether
+ * we're looking at an address from "above" or "below"
+ * that we see the same symbol_index.
+ * This does leave some duplicate entries in the table;
+ * in practice, these are a small fraction of the
+ * total number of entries, and they are harmless to
+ * the binary search algorithm other than a few occasional
+ * unnecessary comparisons.
+ */
+static void symsearch_fixup(struct syminfo *table, unsigned int table_size)
+{
+ /* Don't look at index 0, it will never change. */
+ for (unsigned int i = 1; i < table_size; i++) {
+ if (table[i].addr == table[i - 1].addr &&
+ table[i].section_index == table[i - 1].section_index) {
+ table[i].symbol_index = table[i - 1].symbol_index;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+void symsearch_init(struct elf_info *elf)
+{
+ unsigned int table_size = symbol_count(elf);
+
+ elf->symsearch = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(struct symsearch) +
+ sizeof(struct syminfo) * table_size));
+ elf->symsearch->table_size = table_size;
+
+ symsearch_populate(elf, elf->symsearch->table, table_size);
+ qsort(elf->symsearch->table, table_size,
+ sizeof(struct syminfo), syminfo_compare);
+
+ symsearch_fixup(elf->symsearch->table, table_size);
+}
+
+void symsearch_finish(struct elf_info *elf)
+{
+ free(elf->symsearch);
+ elf->symsearch = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find the syminfo which is in secndx and "nearest" to addr.
+ * allow_negative: allow returning a symbol whose address is > addr.
+ * min_distance: ignore symbols which are further away than this.
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer into the symbol table for success.
+ * Returns NULL if no legal symbol is found within the requested range.
+ */
+Elf_Sym *symsearch_find_nearest(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
+ unsigned int secndx, bool allow_negative,
+ Elf_Addr min_distance)
+{
+ unsigned int hi = elf->symsearch->table_size;
+ unsigned int lo = 0;
+ struct syminfo *table = elf->symsearch->table;
+ struct syminfo target;
+
+ target.addr = addr;
+ target.section_index = secndx;
+ target.symbol_index = ~0; /* compares greater than any actual index */
+ while (hi > lo) {
+ unsigned int mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2; /* Avoids overflow */
+
+ if (syminfo_compare(&table[mid], &target) > 0)
+ hi = mid;
+ else
+ lo = mid + 1;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * table[hi], if it exists, is the first entry in the array which
+ * lies beyond target. table[hi - 1], if it exists, is the last
+ * entry in the array which comes before target, including the
+ * case where it perfectly matches the section and the address.
+ *
+ * Note -- if the address we're looking up falls perfectly
+ * in the middle of two symbols, this is written to always
+ * prefer the symbol with the lower address.
+ */
+ Elf_Sym *result = NULL;
+
+ if (allow_negative &&
+ hi < elf->symsearch->table_size &&
+ table[hi].section_index == secndx &&
+ table[hi].addr - addr <= min_distance) {
+ min_distance = table[hi].addr - addr;
+ result = &elf->symtab_start[table[hi].symbol_index];
+ }
+ if (hi > 0 &&
+ table[hi - 1].section_index == secndx &&
+ addr - table[hi - 1].addr <= min_distance) {
+ result = &elf->symtab_start[table[hi - 1].symbol_index];
+ }
+ return result;
+}