acrn-kernel/arch/x86/entry/vdso
Nick Desaulniers ffcf9c5700 x86: link vdso and boot with -z noexecstack --no-warn-rwx-segments
Users of GNU ld (BFD) from binutils 2.39+ will observe multiple
instances of a new warning when linking kernels in the form:

  ld: warning: arch/x86/boot/pmjump.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
  ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
  ld: warning: arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions

Generally, we would like to avoid the stack being executable.  Because
there could be a need for the stack to be executable, assembler sources
have to opt-in to this security feature via explicit creation of the
.note.GNU-stack feature (which compilers create by default) or command
line flag --noexecstack.  Or we can simply tell the linker the
production of such sections is irrelevant and to link the stack as
--noexecstack.

LLVM's LLD linker defaults to -z noexecstack, so this flag isn't
strictly necessary when linking with LLD, only BFD, but it doesn't hurt
to be explicit here for all linkers IMO.  --no-warn-rwx-segments is
currently BFD specific and only available in the current latest release,
so it's wrapped in an ld-option check.

While the kernel makes extensive usage of ELF sections, it doesn't use
permissions from ELF segments.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/3af4127a-f453-4cf7-f133-a181cce06f73@kernel.dk/
Link: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=ba951afb99912da01a6e8434126b8fac7aa75107
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/57009
Reported-and-tested-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Suggested-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-08-10 18:30:09 -07:00
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vdso32 x86: Prepare asm files for straight-line-speculation 2021-12-08 12:25:37 +01:00
.gitignore
Makefile x86: link vdso and boot with -z noexecstack --no-warn-rwx-segments 2022-08-10 18:30:09 -07:00
checkundef.sh
extable.c
extable.h
vclock_gettime.c
vdso-layout.lds.S x86: Remove .fixup section 2021-12-11 09:09:50 +01:00
vdso-note.S
vdso.lds.S
vdso2c.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - gpl-2.0_385.RULE 2022-06-10 14:51:36 +02:00
vdso2c.h
vdso32-setup.c
vdsox32.lds.S
vgetcpu.c
vma.c x86: Fix return value of __setup handlers 2022-05-04 16:47:57 +02:00
vsgx.S x86: Prepare asm files for straight-line-speculation 2021-12-08 12:25:37 +01:00