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-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/check.c14
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/elf.c14
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 5f8d3eed78a1..4bd30315eb62 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2928,14 +2928,10 @@ int check(struct objtool_file *file)
warnings += ret;
out:
- if (ret < 0) {
- /*
- * Fatal error. The binary is corrupt or otherwise broken in
- * some way, or objtool itself is broken. Fail the kernel
- * build.
- */
- return ret;
- }
-
+ /*
+ * For now, don't fail the kernel build on fatal warnings. These
+ * errors are still fairly common due to the growing matrix of
+ * supported toolchains and their recent pace of change.
+ */
return 0;
}
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index be89c741ba9a..d8421e1d06be 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -380,8 +380,11 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab");
if (!symtab) {
- WARN("missing symbol table");
- return -1;
+ /*
+ * A missing symbol table is actually possible if it's an empty
+ * .o file. This can happen for thunk_64.o.
+ */
+ return 0;
}
symtab_shndx = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab_shndx");
@@ -448,6 +451,13 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
list_add(&sym->list, entry);
elf_hash_add(elf->symbol_hash, &sym->hash, sym->idx);
elf_hash_add(elf->symbol_name_hash, &sym->name_hash, str_hash(sym->name));
+
+ /*
+ * Don't store empty STT_NOTYPE symbols in the rbtree. They
+ * can exist within a function, confusing the sorting.
+ */
+ if (!sym->len)
+ rb_erase(&sym->node, &sym->sec->symbol_tree);
}
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