Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] x86: Refactor and consolidate startup code

[Brian Gerst]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reorganize C code that is used during early boot, either in the
> decompressor/EFI stub or the kernel proper, but before the kernel
> virtual mapping is up.
>
> v3:
> - keep rip_rel_ptr() around in PIC code - sadly, it is still needed in
>   some cases
> - remove RIP_REL_REF() uses in separate patches
> - keep __head annotations for now, they will all be removed later
> - disable objtool validation for library objects (i.e., pieces that are
>   not linked into vmlinux)
>
> I will follow up with a series that gets rid of .head.text altogether,
> as it will no longer be needed at all once the startup code is checked
> for absolute relocations.
>
> The SEV startup code needs to be moved first, though, and this is a bit
> more complicated, so I will decouple that effort from this series, also
> because there is a known issue that needs to be fixed first related to
> memory acceptance from the EFI stub.

Is there anything to verify that the compiler doesn't do something
unexpected with PIC code generation like create GOT references?


Brian Gerst