3 files changed, 14 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Makefile b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
index 051dc18b8ccb..39c6980b5d99 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
@@ -15,20 +15,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH), y)
 HOSTLDFLAGS += -static
 endif
 
-# a bit of elf magic to convert bpfilter_umh binary into a binary blob
-# inside bpfilter_umh.o elf file referenced by
-# _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_start symbol
-# which bpfilter_kern.c passes further into umh blob loader at run-time
-quiet_cmd_copy_umh = GEN $@
-      cmd_copy_umh = echo ':' > $(obj)/.bpfilter_umh.o.cmd; \
-      $(OBJCOPY) -I binary \
-          `LC_ALL=C $(OBJDUMP) -f net/bpfilter/bpfilter_umh \
-          |awk -F' |,' '/file format/{print "-O",$$NF} \
-          /^architecture:/{print "-B",$$2}'` \
-      --rename-section .data=.init.rodata $< $@
-
-$(obj)/bpfilter_umh.o: $(obj)/bpfilter_umh
-        $(call cmd,copy_umh)
+$(obj)/bpfilter_umh_blob.o: $(obj)/bpfilter_umh
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH) += bpfilter.o
-bpfilter-objs += bpfilter_kern.o bpfilter_umh.o
+bpfilter-objs += bpfilter_kern.o bpfilter_umh_blob.o
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
index 09522573f611..f0fc182d3db7 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
+++ b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include "msgfmt.h"
 
-#define UMH_start _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_start
-#define UMH_end _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_end
-
-extern char UMH_start;
-extern char UMH_end;
+extern char bpfilter_umh_start;
+extern char bpfilter_umh_end;
 
 static struct umh_info info;
 /* since ip_getsockopt() can run in parallel, serialize access to umh */
@@ -93,7 +90,9 @@ static int __init load_umh(void)
         int err;
 
         /* fork usermode process */
-        err = fork_usermode_blob(&UMH_start, &UMH_end - &UMH_start, &info);
+        err = fork_usermode_blob(&bpfilter_umh_start,
+                                 &bpfilter_umh_end - &bpfilter_umh_start,
+                                 &info);
         if (err)
                 return err;
         pr_info("Loaded bpfilter_umh pid %d\n", info.pid);
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_umh_blob.S b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_umh_blob.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40311d10d2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_umh_blob.S
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+        .section .init.rodata, "a"
+        .global bpfilter_umh_start
+bpfilter_umh_start:
+        .incbin "net/bpfilter/bpfilter_umh"
+        .global bpfilter_umh_end
+bpfilter_umh_end: