Re: [PATCH 00/11] RISC-V: Resolve the issue of loadable module on 64-bit

From: Shea Levy
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 17:26:08 EST


Hello!

You may be interested in my recent patchset [1], which has known issues
but addresses the same problems yours does. It differs in the approach
taken here in that, rather than supporting GOT/PLT handling which we
can't really take advantage of anyway, we simply build non-PIC modules
instead [2]. Additionally, I see your patchset has the same concern mine
does, which is that ignoring ALIGN relaxations is not actually an option
[3]. The approach I plan to take is outlined by Palmer at [4].

As of now I hope to get back to my patchset this weekend, but if you're
close to a complete implementation by then maybe I can avoid duplicating
the work ;)

Thanks,
Shea

[1]: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-riscv/2018-February/000081.html
[2]: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-riscv/2018-February/000080.html
[3]: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-riscv/2018-February/000105.html
[4]: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-riscv/2018-March/000147.html
Zong Li <zong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> These patches resolve the some issues of loadable module.
> - symbol out of ranges
> - unknown relocation types
>
> The reference of external variable and function symbols
> cannot exceed 32-bit offset ranges in kernel module.
> The module only can work on the 32-bit OS or the 64-bit
> OS with sv32 virtual addressing.
>
> These patches will generate the .got, .got.plt and
> .plt sections during loading module, let it can refer
> to the symbol which locate more than 32-bit offset.
> These sections depend on the relocation types:
> - R_RISCV_GOT_HI20
> - R_RISCV_CALL_PLT
>
> These patches also support more relocation types
> - R_RISCV_CALL
> - R_RISCV_HI20
> - R_RISCV_LO12_I
> - R_RISCV_LO12_S
> - R_RISCV_RVC_BRANCH
> - R_RISCV_RVC_JUMP
> - R_RISCV_ALIGN
> - R_RISCV_ADD32
> - R_RISCV_SUB32
>
> Zong Li (11):
> RISC-V: Add sections of PLT and GOT for kernel module
> RISC-V: Add section of GOT.PLT for kernel module
> RISC-V: Support GOT_HI20/CALL_PLT relocation type in kernel module
> RISC-V: Support CALL relocation type in kernel module
> RISC-V: Support HI20/LO12_I/LO12_S relocation type in kernel module
> RISC-V: Support RVC_BRANCH/JUMP relocation type in kernel modulewq
> RISC-V: Support ALIGN relocation type in kernel module
> RISC-V: Support ADD32 relocation type in kernel module
> RISC-V: Support SUB32 relocation type in kernel module
> RISC-V: Enable module support in defconfig
> RISC-V: Add definition of relocation types
>
> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 5 ++
> arch/riscv/Makefile | 3 +
> arch/riscv/configs/defconfig | 2 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/module.h | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/elf.h | 24 +++++
> arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> arch/riscv/kernel/module-sections.c | 156 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/kernel/module.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> arch/riscv/kernel/module.lds | 8 ++
> 9 files changed, 480 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/module.h
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/module-sections.c
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/module.lds
>
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