objtool: Add --output option

JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-85302
Conflicts:
	tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
	- Update !mnop_opts_valid() and !link_opts_valid() error paths
	  as cs-9 doesn't have upstream acc8c6a ("objtool:
	  Consolidate option validation").
	tools/objtool/orc_dump.c
	- Diff context deltas from various missing commits.

commit 5a40603
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 14 12:29:07 2025 -0700

    objtool: Add --output option

    Add option to allow writing the changed binary to a separate file rather
    than changing it in place.

    Libelf makes this suprisingly hard, so take the easy way out and just
    copy the file before editing it.

    Also steal the -o short option from --orc.  Nobody will notice ;-)

    Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0da308d42d82b3bbed16a31a72d6bde52afcd6bd.1741975349.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>

Author: joe-lawrence

tools/objtool/builtin-check.c

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sendfile.h>
 #include <objtool/builtin.h>
 #include <objtool/objtool.h>
 
@@ -14,6 +18,8 @@
 		"error: objtool: " format "\n",		\
 		##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+const char *objname;
+
 struct opts opts;
 
 static const char * const check_usage[] = {
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "ibt", &opts.ibt, "validate and annotate IBT"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "mcount", &opts.mcount, "annotate mcount/fentry calls for ftrace"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "noinstr", &opts.noinstr, "validate noinstr rules"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "orc", &opts.orc, "generate ORC metadata"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "orc", &opts.orc, "generate ORC metadata"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('r', "retpoline", &opts.retpoline, "validate and annotate retpoline usage"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "rethunk", &opts.rethunk, "validate and annotate rethunk usage"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "unret", &opts.unret, "validate entry unret placement"),
@@ -83,15 +89,16 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "dump", NULL, NULL, "orc", "dump metadata", parse_dump),
 
 	OPT_GROUP("Options:"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "backtrace", &opts.backtrace, "unwind on error"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "backup", &opts.backup, "create .orig files before modification"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &opts.dryrun, "don't write modifications"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "link", &opts.link, "object is a linked object"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "module", &opts.module, "object is part of a kernel module"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "mnop", &opts.mnop, "nop out mcount call sites"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-unreachable", &opts.no_unreachable, "skip 'unreachable instruction' warnings"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "sec-address", &opts.sec_address, "print section addresses in warnings"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stats", &opts.stats, "print statistics"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "backtrace", &opts.backtrace, "unwind on error"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "backup", &opts.backup, "create .orig files before modification"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "dry-run", &opts.dryrun, "don't write modifications"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "link", &opts.link, "object is a linked object"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "module", &opts.module, "object is part of a kernel module"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "mnop", &opts.mnop, "nop out mcount call sites"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "no-unreachable", &opts.no_unreachable, "skip 'unreachable instruction' warnings"),
+	OPT_STRING('o',  "output", &opts.output, "file", "output file name"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "sec-address", &opts.sec_address, "print section addresses in warnings"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "stats", &opts.stats, "print statistics"),
 
 	OPT_END(),
 };
@@ -190,37 +197,94 @@ static bool link_opts_valid(struct objtool_file *file)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int copy_file(const char *src, const char *dst)
+{
+	size_t to_copy, copied;
+	int dst_fd, src_fd;
+	struct stat stat;
+	off_t offset = 0;
+
+	src_fd = open(src, O_RDONLY);
+	if (src_fd == -1) {
+		ERROR("can't open '%s' for reading", src);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	dst_fd = open(dst, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
+	if (dst_fd == -1) {
+		ERROR("can't open '%s' for writing", dst);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (fstat(src_fd, &stat) == -1) {
+		perror("fstat");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (fchmod(dst_fd, stat.st_mode) == -1) {
+		perror("fchmod");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	for (to_copy = stat.st_size; to_copy > 0; to_copy -= copied) {
+		copied = sendfile(dst_fd, src_fd, &offset, to_copy);
+		if (copied == -1) {
+			perror("sendfile");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(dst_fd);
+	close(src_fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int objtool_run(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	const char *objname;
 	struct objtool_file *file;
 	int ret;
 
-	argc = cmd_parse_options(argc, argv, check_usage);
-	objname = argv[0];
+	cmd_parse_options(argc, argv, check_usage);
 
 	if (!opts_valid())
 		return 1;
 
+	objname = argv[0];
+
 	if (opts.dump_orc)
 		return orc_dump(objname);
 
+	if (!opts.dryrun && opts.output) {
+		/* copy original .o file to output file */
+		if (copy_file(objname, opts.output))
+			return 1;
+
+		/* from here on, work directly on the output file */
+		objname = opts.output;
+	}
+
 	file = objtool_open_read(objname);
 	if (!file)
-		return 1;
+		goto err;
 
 	if (!mnop_opts_valid())
-		return 1;
+		goto err;
 
 	if (!link_opts_valid(file))
-		return 1;
+		goto err;
 
 	ret = check(file);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err;
 
-	if (file->elf->changed)
-		return elf_write(file->elf);
+	if (!opts.dryrun && file->elf->changed && elf_write(file->elf))
+		goto err;
 
 	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (opts.output)
+		unlink(opts.output);
+
+	return 1;
 }

tools/objtool/elf.c

@@ -1389,9 +1389,6 @@ int elf_write(struct elf *elf)
 	struct section *sec;
 	Elf_Scn *s;
 
-	if (opts.dryrun)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Update changed relocation sections and section headers: */
 	list_for_each_entry(sec, &elf->sections, list) {
 		if (sec->truncate)

tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct opts {
 	bool mnop;
 	bool module;
 	bool no_unreachable;
+	const char *output;
 	bool sec_address;
 	bool stats;
 };

tools/objtool/objtool.c

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 bool help;
 
-const char *objname;
 static struct objtool_file file;
 
 static bool objtool_create_backup(const char *_objname)
@@ -79,18 +78,14 @@ static bool objtool_create_backup(const char *_objname)
 	return true;
 }
 
-struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *_objname)
+struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *filename)
 {
-	if (objname) {
-		if (strcmp(objname, _objname)) {
-			WARN("won't handle more than one file at a time");
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		return &file;
+	if (file.elf) {
+		WARN("won't handle more than one file at a time");
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	objname = _objname;
 
-	file.elf = elf_open_read(objname, O_RDWR);
+	file.elf = elf_open_read(filename, O_RDWR);
 	if (!file.elf)
 		return NULL;
 

tools/objtool/orc_dump.c

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void print_reg(unsigned int reg, int offset)
 		printf("%s%+d", reg_name(reg), offset);
 }
 
-int orc_dump(const char *_objname)
+int orc_dump(const char *filename)
 {
 	int fd, nr_entries, i, *orc_ip = NULL, orc_size = 0;
 	struct orc_entry *orc = NULL;
@@ -80,12 +80,9 @@ int orc_dump(const char *_objname)
 	GElf_Sym sym;
 	Elf_Data *data, *symtab = NULL, *rela_orc_ip = NULL;
 
-
-	objname = _objname;
-
 	elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
 
-	fd = open(objname, O_RDONLY);
+	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		perror("open");
 		return -1;