1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 411ff5058b51..6502c4001f01 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -487,12 +487,35 @@ static void write_src(void)
 		if ((i & 0xFF) == 0)
 			markers[i >> 8] = off;
 
-		printf("\t.byte 0x%02x", table[i]->len);
+		/* There cannot be any symbol of length zero. */
+		if (table[i]->len == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "kallsyms failure: "
+				"unexpected zero symbol length\n");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		/* Only lengths that fit in up-to-two-byte ULEB128 are supported. */
+		if (table[i]->len > 0x3FFF) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "kallsyms failure: "
+				"unexpected huge symbol length\n");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		/* Encode length with ULEB128. */
+		if (table[i]->len <= 0x7F) {
+			/* Most symbols use a single byte for the length. */
+			printf("\t.byte 0x%02x", table[i]->len);
+			off += table[i]->len + 1;
+		} else {
+			/* "Big" symbols use two bytes. */
+			printf("\t.byte 0x%02x, 0x%02x",
+				(table[i]->len & 0x7F) | 0x80,
+				(table[i]->len >> 7) & 0x7F);
+			off += table[i]->len + 2;
+		}
 		for (k = 0; k < table[i]->len; k++)
 			printf(", 0x%02x", table[i]->sym[k]);
 		printf("\n");
-
-		off += table[i]->len + 1;
 	}
 	printf("\n");