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authorAndrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>2020-09-03 13:35:29 -0700
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>2020-09-03 17:14:39 -0700
commit0201c575831171292489f14a8b6f79f98936b4d1 (patch)
treee111201c80992e0f2d760d7399aa57fb5937de83 /tools/lib
parent83cf5c68d663fc78ce529c41bf24f9f6be88bef4 (diff)
libbpf: Ensure ELF symbols table is found before further ELF processing
libbpf ELF parsing logic might need symbols available before ELF parsing is completed, so we need to make sure that symbols table section is found in a separate pass before all the subsequent sections are processed. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200903203542.15944-2-andriin@fb.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/lib')
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c40
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index b688aadf09c5..ac56d4db6d3e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -2720,14 +2720,38 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj)
Elf *elf = obj->efile.elf;
Elf_Data *btf_ext_data = NULL;
Elf_Data *btf_data = NULL;
- Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
int idx = 0, err = 0;
+ const char *name;
+ Elf_Data *data;
+ Elf_Scn *scn;
+ GElf_Shdr sh;
+ /* a bunch of ELF parsing functionality depends on processing symbols,
+ * so do the first pass and find the symbol table
+ */
+ scn = NULL;
while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != NULL) {
- const char *name;
- GElf_Shdr sh;
- Elf_Data *data;
+ if (elf_sec_hdr(obj, scn, &sh))
+ return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+
+ if (sh.sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
+ if (obj->efile.symbols) {
+ pr_warn("elf: multiple symbol tables in %s\n", obj->path);
+ return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+ }
+ data = elf_sec_data(obj, scn);
+ if (!data)
+ return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+
+ obj->efile.symbols = data;
+ obj->efile.symbols_shndx = elf_ndxscn(scn);
+ obj->efile.strtabidx = sh.sh_link;
+ }
+ }
+
+ scn = NULL;
+ while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != NULL) {
idx++;
if (elf_sec_hdr(obj, scn, &sh))
@@ -2766,13 +2790,7 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj)
} else if (strcmp(name, BTF_EXT_ELF_SEC) == 0) {
btf_ext_data = data;
} else if (sh.sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
- if (obj->efile.symbols) {
- pr_warn("elf: multiple symbol tables in %s\n", obj->path);
- return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
- }
- obj->efile.symbols = data;
- obj->efile.symbols_shndx = idx;
- obj->efile.strtabidx = sh.sh_link;
+ /* already processed during the first pass above */
} else if (sh.sh_type == SHT_PROGBITS && data->d_size > 0) {
if (sh.sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR) {
if (strcmp(name, ".text") == 0)