[PATCH 08/29] vmlinux.lds.h: Provide EMIT_PT_NOTE to indicate export of .notes

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Sep 26 2019 - 13:57:23 EST


In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, this provides a mechanism
for architectures that want to emit a PT_NOTE Program Header to do so.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +++
arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 ++
arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 12 ++++++------
arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 ++
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 8 ++++++++
7 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 781090cacc96..363a60ba7c31 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
#include <asm/thread_info.h>
#include <asm/cache.h>
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c1067992fcd1..e034a6a4a444 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/thread_info.h>

+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>

OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little")
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 33ee0d18fb0a..1c95612eb800 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
*/
#define BSS_FIRST_SECTIONS *(.bss..swapper_pg_dir)

+/* Cavium Octeon should not have a separate PT_NOTE Program Header. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#endif
+
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>

#undef mips
@@ -76,12 +81,7 @@ SECTIONS
__stop___dbe_table = .;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
-#define NOTES_HEADER
-#else /* CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC */
-#define NOTES_HEADER :note
-#endif /* CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC */
- NOTES :text NOTES_HEADER
+ NOTES NOTES_HEADERS
.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text

_sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e184a63aa5b0..7e26e20c8324 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#endif

#define BSS_FIRST_SECTIONS *(.bss.prominit)
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE

#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 13294fef473e..646d939346df 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
/* Handle ro_after_init data on our own. */
#define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA

+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 788e78978030..2e18bf5c1aed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
#define LOAD_OFFSET __START_KERNEL_map
#endif

+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
#include <asm/thread_info.h>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index cd28f63bfbc7..2cc3ff9ac8c7 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
#define LOAD_OFFSET 0
#endif

+/*
+ * Only some architectures want to have the .notes segment visible in
+ * a separate PT_NOTE ELF Program Header.
+ */
+#ifdef EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define NOTES_HEADERS :text :note
+#endif
+
/* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
#define ALIGN_FUNCTION() . = ALIGN(8)

--
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