objtool: Add more robust signal error handling, detect and warn about stack overflows

When the kernel build fails due to an objtool segfault, the error
message is a bit obtuse and confusing:

  make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:503: drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.o] Error 139
                                                                            ^^^^^^^^^
  make[5]: *** Deleting file 'drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.o'
  make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:556: drivers/scsi/qla2xxx] Error 2
  make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:556: drivers/scsi] Error 2
  make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:556: drivers] Error 2
  make[1]: *** [/home/jpoimboe/git/linux/Makefile:2013: .] Error 2
  make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

Add a signal handler to objtool which prints an error message like if
the local stack has overflown (for which there's a chance as objtool
makes heavy use of recursion):

  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.o: error: SIGSEGV: objtool stack overflow!

or:

  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.o: error: SIGSEGV: objtool crash!

Also, re-raise the signal so the core dump still gets triggered.

[ mingo: Applied a build fix, added more comments and prettified the code. ]

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/mi4tihk4dbncn7belrhp6ooudhpw4vdggerktu5333w3gqf3uf@vqlhc3y667mg
pull/1354/merge
Josh Poimboeuf 2025-12-02 15:01:17 -08:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent ed3bf863dc
commit 799647ddb4
4 changed files with 141 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ objtool-y += libstring.o
objtool-y += libctype.o
objtool-y += str_error_r.o
objtool-y += librbtree.o
objtool-y += signal.o
$(OUTPUT)libstring.o: ../lib/string.c FORCE
$(call rule_mkdir)

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@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct objtool_file {
char *top_level_dir(const char *file);
int init_signal_handler(void);
struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *_objname);
int objtool_pv_add(struct objtool_file *file, int idx, struct symbol *func);

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@ -104,11 +104,13 @@ char *top_level_dir(const char *file)
return str;
}
int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
static const char *UNUSED = "OBJTOOL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED";
if (init_signal_handler())
return -1;
/* libsubcmd init */
exec_cmd_init("objtool", UNUSED, UNUSED, UNUSED);
pager_init(UNUSED);

135
tools/objtool/signal.c Normal file
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@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
/*
* signal.c: Register a sigaltstack for objtool, to be able to
* run a signal handler on a separate stack even if
* the main process stack has overflown. Print out
* stack overflow errors when this happens.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <objtool/objtool.h>
#include <objtool/warn.h>
static unsigned long stack_limit;
static bool is_stack_overflow(void *fault_addr)
{
unsigned long fault = (unsigned long)fault_addr;
/* Check if fault is in the guard page just below the limit. */
return fault < stack_limit && fault >= stack_limit - 4096;
}
static void signal_handler(int sig_num, siginfo_t *info, void *context)
{
struct sigaction sa_dfl = {0};
const char *sig_name;
char msg[256];
int msg_len;
switch (sig_num) {
case SIGSEGV: sig_name = "SIGSEGV"; break;
case SIGBUS: sig_name = "SIGBUS"; break;
case SIGILL: sig_name = "SIGILL"; break;
case SIGABRT: sig_name = "SIGABRT"; break;
default: sig_name = "Unknown signal"; break;
}
if (is_stack_overflow(info->si_addr)) {
msg_len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
"%s: error: %s: objtool stack overflow!\n",
objname, sig_name);
} else {
msg_len = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
"%s: error: %s: objtool crash!\n",
objname, sig_name);
}
msg_len = write(STDERR_FILENO, msg, msg_len);
/* Re-raise the signal to trigger the core dump */
sa_dfl.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
sigaction(sig_num, &sa_dfl, NULL);
raise(sig_num);
}
static int read_stack_limit(void)
{
unsigned long stack_start, stack_end;
struct rlimit rlim;
char line[256];
int ret = 0;
FILE *fp;
if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rlim)) {
ERROR_GLIBC("getrlimit");
return -1;
}
fp = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
if (!fp) {
ERROR_GLIBC("fopen");
return -1;
}
while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) {
if (strstr(line, "[stack]")) {
if (sscanf(line, "%lx-%lx", &stack_start, &stack_end) != 2) {
ERROR_GLIBC("sscanf");
ret = -1;
goto done;
}
stack_limit = stack_end - rlim.rlim_cur;
goto done;
}
}
ret = -1;
ERROR("/proc/self/maps: can't find [stack]");
done:
fclose(fp);
return ret;
}
int init_signal_handler(void)
{
int signals[] = {SIGSEGV, SIGBUS, SIGILL, SIGABRT};
struct sigaction sa;
stack_t ss;
if (read_stack_limit())
return -1;
ss.ss_sp = malloc(SIGSTKSZ);
if (!ss.ss_sp) {
ERROR_GLIBC("malloc");
return -1;
}
ss.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
ss.ss_flags = 0;
if (sigaltstack(&ss, NULL) == -1) {
ERROR_GLIBC("sigaltstack");
return -1;
}
sa.sa_sigaction = signal_handler;
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
sa.sa_flags = SA_ONSTACK | SA_SIGINFO;
for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(signals); i++) {
if (sigaction(signals[i], &sa, NULL) == -1) {
ERROR_GLIBC("sigaction");
return -1;
}
}
return 0;
}