Re: [PATCH v6 27/29] x86/boot/compressed: Remove, discard, or assert for unwanted sections

From: Arvind Sankar
Date: Fri Aug 21 2020 - 16:02:06 EST


On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:43:08PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for warning on orphan sections, stop the linker from
> generating the .eh_frame* sections, discard unwanted non-zero-sized
> generated sections, and enforce other expected-to-be-zero-sized sections
> (since discarding them might hide problems with them suddenly gaining
> unexpected entries).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> .rel.dyn : {
> - *(.rel.*)
> + *(.rel.*) *(.rel_*)
> }
> ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rel) detected!")
>
> .rela.dyn : {
> - *(.rela.*)
> + *(.rela.*) *(.rela_*)
> }
> ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rela) detected!")
> }
> --
> 2.25.1
>

When do you get .rela_?