[PATCH v4 05/10] x86: Make sure _etext includes function sections

From: Kristen Carlson Accardi
Date: Fri Jul 17 2020 - 13:01:24 EST


When using -ffunction-sections to place each function in
it's own text section so it can be randomized at load time, the
linker considers these .text.* sections "orphaned sections", and
will place them after the first similar section (.text). In order
to accurately represent the end of the text section and the
orphaned sections, _etext must be moved so that it is after both
.text and .text.* The text size must also be calculated to
include .text AND .text.*

Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 17 +++++++++++++++--
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3bfc8dd8a43d..e8da7eeb4d8d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -146,9 +146,22 @@ SECTIONS
#endif
} :text =0xcccc

- /* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */
- _etext = .;
+ /*
+ * -ffunction-sections creates .text.* sections, which are considered
+ * "orphan sections" and added after the first similar section (.text).
+ * Placing this ALIGN statement before _etext causes the address of
+ * _etext to be below that of all the .text.* orphaned sections
+ */
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+ _etext = .;
+
+ /*
+ * the size of the .text section is used to calculate the address
+ * range for orc lookups. If we just use SIZEOF(.text), we will
+ * miss all the .text.* sections. Calculate the size using _etext
+ * and _stext and save the value for later.
+ */
+ text_size = _etext - _stext;

X86_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN
RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index a5552cf28d5d..34eab6513fdc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@
. = ALIGN(4); \
.orc_lookup : AT(ADDR(.orc_lookup) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
orc_lookup = .; \
- . += (((SIZEOF(.text) + LOOKUP_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / \
+ . += (((text_size + LOOKUP_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / \
LOOKUP_BLOCK_SIZE) + 1) * 4; \
orc_lookup_end = .; \
}
--
2.20.1