Re: [PATCH v2 11/29] vmlinux.lds.h: Replace RODATA with RO_DATA

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Nov 11 2019 - 12:23:07 EST


On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 05:58:06PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Kees,
>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 2:07 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > There's no reason to keep the RODATA macro: replace the callers with
> > the expected RO_DATA macro.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> > arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> > arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> > arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> > arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S | 2 +-
> > arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 4 +---
> > 7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> Somehow you missed:
>
> arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds: RODATA
> arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds: RODATA

Argh. I've sent a patch; sorry and thanks for catching this. For my own
cross-build testing, which defconfig targets will hit these two linker
scripts?

-Kees

>
> Leading to build failures in next-20191111:
>
> /opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin/m68k-linux-ld:./arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux.lds:29:
> syntax error
> make[1]: *** [/kisskb/src/Makefile:1075: vmlinux] Error 1
>
> Reported-by: noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/14022846/
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> -- Linus Torvalds

--
Kees Cook