x86: Add prefix symbols for function padding
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:08:19 +0000 (21:08 +0200)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 1 Nov 2022 12:44:09 +0000 (13:44 +0100)
commitb341b20d648bb7e9a3307c33163e7399f0913e66
tree4e17b455af51640eec3f16b30821e6dc35a33b80
parent9f2899fe36a623885d8576604cb582328ad32b3c
x86: Add prefix symbols for function padding

When code is compiled with:

  -fpatchable-function-entry=${PADDING_BYTES},${PADDING_BYTES}

functions will have PADDING_BYTES of NOP in front of them. Unwinders
and other things that symbolize code locations will typically
attribute these bytes to the preceding function.

Given that these bytes nominally belong to the following symbol this
mis-attribution is confusing.

Inspired by the fact that CFI_CLANG emits __cfi_##name symbols to
claim these bytes, use objtool to emit __pfx_##name symbols to do
the same when CFI_CLANG is not used.

This then shows the callthunk for symbol 'name' as:

  __pfx_##name+0x6/0x10

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Yujie Liu <yujie.liu@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221028194453.592512209@infradead.org
arch/x86/Kconfig
scripts/Makefile.lib