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authorUlises Mendez Martinez <umendez@google.com>2026-09-04 15:07:09 +0000
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objtool: Validate disassembler headers in libopcodes probegrafted
commit 3f2de814c059 ("objtool: Fix libopcodes linking with static libraries") tested for libopcodes availability by linking a test snippet with a forward declaration of disassemble_init_for_target(). However, testing symbol linkage with an extern declaration only verifies the presence of the library (.so/.a) and bypasses checking for development headers (binutils-dev). On systems where libopcodes is present without development headers installed, the probe succeeds, enabling BUILD_DISAS. Subsequent compilation of objtool then fails: fatal error: 'bfd.h' file not found 113 | #include <bfd.h> Additionally, the probe invokes $(HOSTCC) without $(HOSTCFLAGS), ignoring any sysroot or include flags specified for the host compiler. Fix this by including <bfd.h> and <dis-asm.h> directly in the test snippet, passing $(HOSTCFLAGS) so host compiler options are respected, and defining PACKAGE="objtool" to satisfy the configuration check in <bfd.h>. Fixes: 3f2de814c059 ("objtool: Fix libopcodes linking with static libraries") Fixes: 436326bc525d ("objtool: fix build failure due to missing libopcodes check") Reported-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Assisted-by: Antigravity:Gemini-Next Signed-off-by: Ulises Mendez Martinez <umendez@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260904150710.2997558-1-umendez@google.com Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
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+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch
+Date: Nov 2014
+KernelVersion: 3.19.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Interface for kernel live patching
+
+ The /sys/kernel/livepatch directory contains subdirectories for
+ each loaded live patch module.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>
+Date: Nov 2014
+KernelVersion: 3.19.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ The patch directory contains subdirectories for each kernel
+ object (vmlinux or a module) in which it patched functions.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/enabled
+Date: Nov 2014
+KernelVersion: 3.19.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ A writable attribute that indicates whether the patched
+ code is currently applied. Writing 0 will disable the patch
+ while writing 1 will re-enable the patch.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/transition
+Date: Feb 2017
+KernelVersion: 4.12.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ An attribute which indicates whether the patch is currently in
+ transition.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/force
+Date: Nov 2017
+KernelVersion: 4.15.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ A writable attribute that allows administrator to affect the
+ course of an existing transition. Writing 1 clears
+ TIF_PATCH_PENDING flag of all tasks and thus forces the tasks to
+ the patched or unpatched state. Administrator should not
+ use this feature without a clearance from a patch
+ distributor. Removal (rmmod) of patch modules is permanently
+ disabled when the feature is used. See
+ Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst for more information.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/replace
+Date: Jun 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.11.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ An attribute which indicates whether the patch supports
+ atomic-replace.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/stack_order
+Date: Jan 2025
+KernelVersion: 6.14.0
+Description:
+ This attribute specifies the sequence in which live patch modules
+ are applied to the system. If multiple live patches modify the same
+ function, the implementation with the biggest 'stack_order' number
+ is used, unless a transition is currently in progress.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>
+Date: Nov 2014
+KernelVersion: 3.19.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ The object directory contains subdirectories for each function
+ that is patched within the object.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/patched
+Date: August 2022
+KernelVersion: 6.1.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ An attribute which indicates whether the object is currently
+ patched.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/livepatch/<patch>/<object>/<function,sympos>
+Date: Nov 2014
+KernelVersion: 3.19.0
+Contact: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ The function directory contains attributes regarding the
+ properties and state of the patched function.
+
+ The directory name contains the patched function name and a
+ sympos number corresponding to the nth occurrence of the symbol
+ name in kallsyms for the patched object.
+
+ There are currently no such attributes.