[tip: x86/build] vmlinux.lds.h: Move NOTES into RO_DATA

From: tip-bot2 for Kees Cook
Date: Tue Nov 05 2019 - 04:28:22 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip:

Commit-ID: eaf937075c9a42eb8ba51eb3050773d7205d3595
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/eaf937075c9a42eb8ba51eb3050773d7205d3595
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:13:32 -07:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:34:41 +01:00

vmlinux.lds.h: Move NOTES into RO_DATA

The .notes section should be non-executable read-only data. As such,
move it to the RO_DATA macro instead of being per-architecture defined.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> # s390
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-11-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S | 2 --
arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S | 1 -
arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 --
arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 9 +++++----
26 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cdfdc91..bf28043 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ SECTIONS
swapper_pg_dir = SWAPPER_PGD;
_etext = .; /* End of text section */

- NOTES
-
RODATA
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6c693a9..1d6eef4 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ SECTIONS
/DISCARD/ : { *(.eh_frame) }
#endif

- NOTES
-
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
_end = . ;

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 8c74037..d2a9651 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS
#endif

- NOTES
-
_etext = .; /* End of text and rodata section */

ARM_VECTORS
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 23150c0..068db68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS
ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS
#endif

- NOTES
-
#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
#else
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aa76f72..e7dafc2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ SECTIONS

RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE) /* everything from this point to */
EXCEPTION_TABLE(8) /* __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
- NOTES

. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
idmap_pg_dir = .;
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 584bab2..d6e3802 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS
}

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES

RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
.const :
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ae7961b..75dd314 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ SECTIONS
RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
_edata = .;

- NOTES
EXCEPTION_TABLE(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
BSS_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, L1_CACHE_BYTES)
VBR_BASE
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 49f716c..88776e7 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ SECTIONS
_etext = . ;
}
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES
RO_DATA_SECTION(4)
ROMEND = .;
#if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL)
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 78f2418..6a6e8fc 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ SECTIONS
_edata = .;

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES

BSS_SECTION(_PAGE_SIZE, _PAGE_SIZE, _PAGE_SIZE)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bfc937e..fae0775 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS {
/*
* Read-only data
*/
- NOTES
-
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)

/* MCA table */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e1f3e87..d008e50 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ SECTIONS {
. = ALIGN(16);
RODATA
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES

/*
* sdata2 section can go anywhere, but must be word aligned
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6a22f53..91e566d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS
__stop___dbe_table = .;
}

- NOTES
-
_sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
RODATA

diff --git a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9e90f30..c4f1c5a 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SECTIONS
_edata = .;

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES
BSS_SECTION(4, 4, 4)
_end = .;

diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6ad64f1..20e4078 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SECTIONS

STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
- NOTES

DISCARDS
}
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2e2c72c..142c51c 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ SECTIONS
_edata = .;

EXCEPTION_TABLE(4)
- NOTES

/* Init code and data */
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 99cd24f..168d12b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ SECTIONS

/* RO because of BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT */
EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
- NOTES

/* unwind info */
.PARISC.unwind : {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4f19d81..4e7cec0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ SECTIONS
#endif
EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)

- NOTES
-
/*
* Init sections discarded at runtime
*/
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 23cd1a9..df5229c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ SECTIONS
BSS_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 0)

EXCEPTION_TABLE(0x10)
- NOTES

.rel.dyn : {
*(.rel.dyn*)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f88eede..beb4df0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ SECTIONS
_etext = .; /* End of text section */
} :text = 0x0700

- NOTES
-
RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)

. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 77a59d8..fef3905 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ SECTIONS
} = 0x0009

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES

_sdata = .;
RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 61afd78..8929fbc 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ SECTIONS
__stop___fixup = .;
}
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES

. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
__init_begin = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index d7086b9..91aca35 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
PROVIDE (_unprotected_end = .);

. = ALIGN(4096);
- NOTES
EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)

BUG_TABLE
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7abf905..78c4c56 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ SECTIONS
_edata = .;

EXCEPTION_TABLE(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
- NOTES

BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
_end = .;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8be25b0..41362e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ SECTIONS
_etext = .;
} :text = 0x9090

- NOTES
-
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)

/* .text should occupy whole number of pages */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 943f106..a0a8437 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ SECTIONS
.fixup : { *(.fixup) }

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
- NOTES
/* Data section */

_sdata = .;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 97d4299..dc3390e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
* _edata = .;
*
* EXCEPTION_TABLE(...)
- * NOTES
*
* BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
* _end = .;
@@ -512,10 +511,12 @@
__start___modver = .; \
KEEP(*(__modver)) \
__stop___modver = .; \
- . = ALIGN((align)); \
- __end_rodata = .; \
} \
- . = ALIGN((align));
+ \
+ NOTES \
+ \
+ . = ALIGN((align)); \
+ __end_rodata = .;

/* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility.
* All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */