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<title>kbuild: unify vdso_install rules</title>
<updated>2023-10-28T12:09:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2023-10-14T10:54:35+00:00</published>
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Currently, there is no standard implementation for vdso_install,
leading to various issues:

 1. Code duplication

    Many architectures duplicate similar code just for copying files
    to the install destination.

    Some architectures (arm, sparc, x86) create build-id symlinks,
    introducing more code duplication.

 2. Unintended updates of in-tree build artifacts

    The vdso_install rule depends on the vdso files to install.
    It may update in-tree build artifacts. This can be problematic,
    as explained in commit 19514fc665ff ("arm, kbuild: make
    "make install" not depend on vmlinux").

 3. Broken code in some architectures

    Makefile code is often copied from one architecture to another
    without proper adaptation.

    'make vdso_install' for parisc does not work.

    'make vdso_install' for s390 installs vdso64, but not vdso32.

To address these problems, this commit introduces a generic vdso_install
rule.

Architectures that support vdso_install need to define vdso-install-y
in arch/*/Makefile. vdso-install-y lists the files to install.

For example, arch/x86/Makefile looks like this:

  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_X86_64)           += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI)      += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdsox32.so.dbg
  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_X86_32)           += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)   += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg

These files will be installed to $(MODLIB)/vdso/ with the .dbg suffix,
if exists, stripped away.

vdso-install-y can optionally take the second field after the colon
separator. This is needed because some architectures install a vdso
file as a different base name.

The following is a snippet from arch/arm64/Makefile.

  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO)      += arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.so.dbg:vdso32.so

This will rename vdso.so.dbg to vdso32.so during installation. If such
architectures change their implementation so that the base names match,
this workaround will go away.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@linux.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guo Ren &lt;guoren@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;  # parisc
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Russell King (Oracle) &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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Currently, there is no standard implementation for vdso_install,
leading to various issues:

 1. Code duplication

    Many architectures duplicate similar code just for copying files
    to the install destination.

    Some architectures (arm, sparc, x86) create build-id symlinks,
    introducing more code duplication.

 2. Unintended updates of in-tree build artifacts

    The vdso_install rule depends on the vdso files to install.
    It may update in-tree build artifacts. This can be problematic,
    as explained in commit 19514fc665ff ("arm, kbuild: make
    "make install" not depend on vmlinux").

 3. Broken code in some architectures

    Makefile code is often copied from one architecture to another
    without proper adaptation.

    'make vdso_install' for parisc does not work.

    'make vdso_install' for s390 installs vdso64, but not vdso32.

To address these problems, this commit introduces a generic vdso_install
rule.

Architectures that support vdso_install need to define vdso-install-y
in arch/*/Makefile. vdso-install-y lists the files to install.

For example, arch/x86/Makefile looks like this:

  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_X86_64)           += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI)      += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdsox32.so.dbg
  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_X86_32)           += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)   += arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg

These files will be installed to $(MODLIB)/vdso/ with the .dbg suffix,
if exists, stripped away.

vdso-install-y can optionally take the second field after the colon
separator. This is needed because some architectures install a vdso
file as a different base name.

The following is a snippet from arch/arm64/Makefile.

  vdso-install-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO)      += arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.so.dbg:vdso32.so

This will rename vdso.so.dbg to vdso32.so during installation. If such
architectures change their implementation so that the base names match,
this workaround will go away.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@linux.ibm.com&gt; # s390
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guo Ren &lt;guoren@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;  # parisc
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Russell King (Oracle) &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: remove two .altinstructions related symbols</title>
<updated>2023-07-27T11:32:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jisheng Zhang</name>
<email>jszhang@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-07-26T17:36:19+00:00</published>
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The two symbols __alt_instructions and __alt_instructions_end are not
used, since the vDSO patching code looks for the '.altinstructions' ELF
section directly.

Remove the unused linker symbols.

Fixes: 4e3bca8f7cdd ("arm64: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO")
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang &lt;jszhang@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230726173619.3732-1-jszhang@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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The two symbols __alt_instructions and __alt_instructions_end are not
used, since the vDSO patching code looks for the '.altinstructions' ELF
section directly.

Remove the unused linker symbols.

Fixes: 4e3bca8f7cdd ("arm64: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO")
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang &lt;jszhang@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230726173619.3732-1-jszhang@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: Clear common make C=2 warnings</title>
<updated>2023-07-20T10:48:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhen Lei</name>
<email>thunder.leizhen@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-07-13T11:58:31+00:00</published>
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make C=2 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- xxx.o

When I use the command above to do a 'make C=2' check on any object file,
the following warnings are always output:

  CHECK   arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:9:5: warning:
 symbol '__kernel_clock_gettime' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:15:5: warning:
 symbol '__kernel_gettimeofday' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:21:5: warning:
 symbol '__kernel_clock_getres' was not declared. Should it be static?

Therefore, the declaration of the three functions is added to eliminate
these common warnings to provide a clean output.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei &lt;thunder.leizhen@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230713115831.777-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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make C=2 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- xxx.o

When I use the command above to do a 'make C=2' check on any object file,
the following warnings are always output:

  CHECK   arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:9:5: warning:
 symbol '__kernel_clock_gettime' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:15:5: warning:
 symbol '__kernel_gettimeofday' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:21:5: warning:
 symbol '__kernel_clock_getres' was not declared. Should it be static?

Therefore, the declaration of the three functions is added to eliminate
these common warnings to provide a clean output.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei &lt;thunder.leizhen@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230713115831.777-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>vdso: Improve cmd_vdso_check to check all dynamic relocations</title>
<updated>2023-03-21T20:15:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fangrui Song</name>
<email>maskray@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-03-10T19:07:50+00:00</published>
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The actual intention is that no dynamic relocation exists in the VDSO. For
this the VDSO build validates that the resulting .so file does not have any
relocations which are specified via $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) per architecture,
which is fragile as e.g. ARM64 lacks an entry for R_AARCH64_RELATIVE. Aside
of that ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS is a misnomer as it checks for relative
relocations too.

However, some GNU ld ports produce unneeded R_*_NONE relocation entries. If
a port fails to determine the exact .rel[a].dyn size, the trailing zeros
become R_*_NONE relocations. E.g. ld's powerpc port recently fixed
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29540). R_*_NONE are
generally a no-op in the dynamic loaders. So just ignore them.

Remove the ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS defines and just validate that the resulting
.so file does not contain any R_* relocation entries except R_*_NONE.

Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song &lt;maskray@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt; # for aarch64
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt; # for vDSO, aarch64
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt; (powerpc)
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230310190750.3323802-1-maskray@google.com

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The actual intention is that no dynamic relocation exists in the VDSO. For
this the VDSO build validates that the resulting .so file does not have any
relocations which are specified via $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) per architecture,
which is fragile as e.g. ARM64 lacks an entry for R_AARCH64_RELATIVE. Aside
of that ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS is a misnomer as it checks for relative
relocations too.

However, some GNU ld ports produce unneeded R_*_NONE relocation entries. If
a port fails to determine the exact .rel[a].dyn size, the trailing zeros
become R_*_NONE relocations. E.g. ld's powerpc port recently fixed
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29540). R_*_NONE are
generally a no-op in the dynamic loaders. So just ignore them.

Remove the ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS defines and just validate that the resulting
.so file does not contain any R_* relocation entries except R_*_NONE.

Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song &lt;maskray@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt; # for aarch64
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt; # for vDSO, aarch64
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt; (powerpc)
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230310190750.3323802-1-maskray@google.com

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<entry>
<title>kbuild: upgrade the orphan section warning to an error if CONFIG_WERROR is set</title>
<updated>2022-11-01T17:04:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xin Li</name>
<email>xin3.li@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-25T07:30:23+00:00</published>
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Andrew Cooper suggested upgrading the orphan section warning to a hard link
error. However Nathan Chancellor said outright turning the warning into an
error with no escape hatch might be too aggressive, as we have had these
warnings triggered by new compiler generated sections, and suggested turning
orphan sections into an error only if CONFIG_WERROR is set. Kees Cook echoed
and emphasized that the mandate from Linus is that we should avoid breaking
builds. It wrecks bisection, it causes problems across compiler versions, etc.

Thus upgrade the orphan section warning to a hard link error only if
CONFIG_WERROR is set.

Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Li &lt;xin3.li@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221025073023.16137-2-xin3.li@intel.com
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Andrew Cooper suggested upgrading the orphan section warning to a hard link
error. However Nathan Chancellor said outright turning the warning into an
error with no escape hatch might be too aggressive, as we have had these
warnings triggered by new compiler generated sections, and suggested turning
orphan sections into an error only if CONFIG_WERROR is set. Kees Cook echoed
and emphasized that the mandate from Linus is that we should avoid breaking
builds. It wrecks bisection, it causes problems across compiler versions, etc.

Thus upgrade the orphan section warning to a hard link error only if
CONFIG_WERROR is set.

Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Li &lt;xin3.li@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221025073023.16137-2-xin3.li@intel.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux</title>
<updated>2022-10-06T18:51:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-06T18:51:49+00:00</published>
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Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas:

 - arm64 perf: DDR PMU driver for Alibaba's T-Head Yitian 710 SoC, SVE
   vector granule register added to the user regs together with SVE perf
   extensions documentation.

 - SVE updates: add HWCAP for SVE EBF16, update the SVE ABI
   documentation to match the actual kernel behaviour (zeroing the
   registers on syscall rather than "zeroed or preserved" previously).

 - More conversions to automatic system registers generation.

 - vDSO: use self-synchronising virtual counter access in gettimeofday()
   if the architecture supports it.

 - arm64 stacktrace cleanups and improvements.

 - arm64 atomics improvements: always inline assembly, remove LL/SC
   trampolines.

 - Improve the reporting of EL1 exceptions: rework BTI and FPAC
   exception handling, better EL1 undefs reporting.

 - Cortex-A510 erratum 2658417: remove BF16 support due to incorrect
   result.

 - arm64 defconfig updates: build CoreSight as a module, enable options
   necessary for docker, memory hotplug/hotremove, enable all PMUs
   provided by Arm.

 - arm64 ptrace() support for TPIDR2_EL0 (register provided with the SME
   extensions).

 - arm64 ftraces updates/fixes: fix module PLTs with mcount, remove
   unused function.

 - kselftest updates for arm64: simple HWCAP validation, FP stress test
   improvements, validation of ZA regs in signal handlers, include
   larger SVE and SME vector lengths in signal tests, various cleanups.

 - arm64 alternatives (code patching) improvements to robustness and
   consistency: replace cpucap static branches with equivalent
   alternatives, associate callback alternatives with a cpucap.

 - Miscellaneous updates: optimise kprobe performance of patching
   single-step slots, simplify uaccess_mask_ptr(), move MTE registers
   initialisation to C, support huge vmalloc() mappings, run softirqs on
   the per-CPU IRQ stack, compat (arm32) misalignment fixups for
   multiword accesses.

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (126 commits)
  arm64: alternatives: Use vdso/bits.h instead of linux/bits.h
  arm64/kprobe: Optimize the performance of patching single-step slot
  arm64: defconfig: Add Coresight as module
  kselftest/arm64: Handle EINTR while reading data from children
  kselftest/arm64: Flag fp-stress as exiting when we begin finishing up
  kselftest/arm64: Don't repeat termination handler for fp-stress
  ARM64: reloc_test: add __init/__exit annotations to module init/exit funcs
  arm64/mm: fold check for KFENCE into can_set_direct_map()
  arm64: ftrace: fix module PLTs with mcount
  arm64: module: Remove unused plt_entry_is_initialized()
  arm64: module: Make plt_equals_entry() static
  arm64: fix the build with binutils 2.27
  kselftest/arm64: Don't enable v8.5 for MTE selftest builds
  arm64: uaccess: simplify uaccess_mask_ptr()
  arm64: asm/perf_regs.h: Avoid C++-style comment in UAPI header
  kselftest/arm64: Fix typo in hwcap check
  arm64: mte: move register initialization to C
  arm64: mm: handle ARM64_KERNEL_USES_PMD_MAPS in vmemmap_populate()
  arm64: dma: Drop cache invalidation from arch_dma_prep_coherent()
  arm64/sve: Add Perf extensions documentation
  ...
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Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas:

 - arm64 perf: DDR PMU driver for Alibaba's T-Head Yitian 710 SoC, SVE
   vector granule register added to the user regs together with SVE perf
   extensions documentation.

 - SVE updates: add HWCAP for SVE EBF16, update the SVE ABI
   documentation to match the actual kernel behaviour (zeroing the
   registers on syscall rather than "zeroed or preserved" previously).

 - More conversions to automatic system registers generation.

 - vDSO: use self-synchronising virtual counter access in gettimeofday()
   if the architecture supports it.

 - arm64 stacktrace cleanups and improvements.

 - arm64 atomics improvements: always inline assembly, remove LL/SC
   trampolines.

 - Improve the reporting of EL1 exceptions: rework BTI and FPAC
   exception handling, better EL1 undefs reporting.

 - Cortex-A510 erratum 2658417: remove BF16 support due to incorrect
   result.

 - arm64 defconfig updates: build CoreSight as a module, enable options
   necessary for docker, memory hotplug/hotremove, enable all PMUs
   provided by Arm.

 - arm64 ptrace() support for TPIDR2_EL0 (register provided with the SME
   extensions).

 - arm64 ftraces updates/fixes: fix module PLTs with mcount, remove
   unused function.

 - kselftest updates for arm64: simple HWCAP validation, FP stress test
   improvements, validation of ZA regs in signal handlers, include
   larger SVE and SME vector lengths in signal tests, various cleanups.

 - arm64 alternatives (code patching) improvements to robustness and
   consistency: replace cpucap static branches with equivalent
   alternatives, associate callback alternatives with a cpucap.

 - Miscellaneous updates: optimise kprobe performance of patching
   single-step slots, simplify uaccess_mask_ptr(), move MTE registers
   initialisation to C, support huge vmalloc() mappings, run softirqs on
   the per-CPU IRQ stack, compat (arm32) misalignment fixups for
   multiword accesses.

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (126 commits)
  arm64: alternatives: Use vdso/bits.h instead of linux/bits.h
  arm64/kprobe: Optimize the performance of patching single-step slot
  arm64: defconfig: Add Coresight as module
  kselftest/arm64: Handle EINTR while reading data from children
  kselftest/arm64: Flag fp-stress as exiting when we begin finishing up
  kselftest/arm64: Don't repeat termination handler for fp-stress
  ARM64: reloc_test: add __init/__exit annotations to module init/exit funcs
  arm64/mm: fold check for KFENCE into can_set_direct_map()
  arm64: ftrace: fix module PLTs with mcount
  arm64: module: Remove unused plt_entry_is_initialized()
  arm64: module: Make plt_equals_entry() static
  arm64: fix the build with binutils 2.27
  kselftest/arm64: Don't enable v8.5 for MTE selftest builds
  arm64: uaccess: simplify uaccess_mask_ptr()
  arm64: asm/perf_regs.h: Avoid C++-style comment in UAPI header
  kselftest/arm64: Fix typo in hwcap check
  arm64: mte: move register initialization to C
  arm64: mm: handle ARM64_KERNEL_USES_PMD_MAPS in vmemmap_populate()
  arm64: dma: Drop cache invalidation from arch_dma_prep_coherent()
  arm64/sve: Add Perf extensions documentation
  ...
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<entry>
<title>treewide: Filter out CC_FLAGS_CFI</title>
<updated>2022-09-26T17:13:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sami Tolvanen</name>
<email>samitolvanen@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-09-08T21:54:43+00:00</published>
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In preparation for removing CC_FLAGS_CFI from CC_FLAGS_LTO, explicitly
filter out CC_FLAGS_CFI in all the makefiles where we currently filter
out CC_FLAGS_LTO.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220908215504.3686827-2-samitolvanen@google.com
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In preparation for removing CC_FLAGS_CFI from CC_FLAGS_LTO, explicitly
filter out CC_FLAGS_CFI in all the makefiles where we currently filter
out CC_FLAGS_LTO.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen &lt;samitolvanen@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220908215504.3686827-2-samitolvanen@google.com
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<title>arm64: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO</title>
<updated>2022-09-09T11:27:25+00:00</updated>
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<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
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<published>2022-08-30T10:48:32+00:00</published>
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Make it possible to use alternatives in the vDSO, so that better
implementations can be used if possible.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830104833.34636-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Make it possible to use alternatives in the vDSO, so that better
implementations can be used if possible.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830104833.34636-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<title>arm64: vdso*: place got/plt sections in .rodata</title>
<updated>2022-06-28T16:41:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-28T15:13:07+00:00</published>
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The vDSO will not contain absolute relocations, so place these
sections in .rodata.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/00abb0c5-6360-0004-353f-e7a88b3bd22c@arm.com/
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628151307.35561-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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The vDSO will not contain absolute relocations, so place these
sections in .rodata.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/00abb0c5-6360-0004-353f-e7a88b3bd22c@arm.com/
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628151307.35561-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>arm64: vdso: enable orphan handling for VDSO</title>
<updated>2022-06-23T14:34:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-10T09:58:32+00:00</published>
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Like vmlinux, enable orphan-handling for the VDSO. This can catch
subtle errors that might arise from unexpected sections being included.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510095834.32394-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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Like vmlinux, enable orphan-handling for the VDSO. This can catch
subtle errors that might arise from unexpected sections being included.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510095834.32394-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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