[PATCH v4 13/24] tracing: Check for undefined symbols in simple_ring_buffer
From: Vincent Donnefort <hidden>
Date: 2025-05-06 16:49:04
Also in:
kvmarm, linux-trace-kernel, lkml
Subsystem:
the rest, tracing · Maintainers:
Linus Torvalds, Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu
The simple_ring_buffer implementation must remain simple enough to be used by the pKVM hypervisor. Prevent the object build if unresolved symbols are found. Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <redacted>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 8f5e194eba71..a2f1489e11af 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile@@ -114,4 +114,19 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE) += trace_remote.o obj-$(CONFIG_SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER) += simple_ring_buffer.o obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE_TEST) += remote_test.o +# +# simple_ring_buffer is used by the pKVM hypervisor which does not have access +# to all kernel symbols. Fail the build if forbidden symbols are found. +# +UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST := alt_cb_patch_nops +UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST := $(addprefix -e , $(UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST)) + +quiet_cmd_check_undefined = NM $< + cmd_check_undefined = test -z "`$(NM) -u $< | grep -v $(UNDEFINED_ALLOWLIST)`" + +$(obj)/%.o.checked: $(obj)/%.o FORCE + $(call if_changed,check_undefined) + +always-$(CONFIG_SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER) += simple_ring_buffer.o.checked + libftrace-y := ftrace.o
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