Re: [PATCH v5 03/19] x86, boot: Simplify run_size calculation

From: Baoquan He
Date: Sun Mar 22 2015 - 23:28:24 EST


On 03/18/15 at 12:28am, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> While looking at the boot code to add mem mapping for kasl
> with 64bit above 4G support, I found that e6023367d779 ("x86, kaslr: Prevent
> .bss from overlaping initrd") and later introduced way to get kernel run_size
> and pass it around. First via perl and then change to shell scripts.
>
> That is not necessary. As that run_size is simple constant, we don't
> need to pass it around and we already have voffset.h for that.
>
> We can share voffset.h between misc.c and header.S instead
> of adding other way to get run_size.
>
> This patch:
> Move voffset.h creation code to boot/compressed/Makefile.
>
> Dependence was:
> boot/header.S ==> boot/voffset.h ==> vmlinux
> boot/header.S ==> compressed/vmlinux ==> compressed/misc.c
> Now become:
> boot/header.S ==> compressed/vmlinux ==> compressed/misc.c ==> boot/voffset.h ==> vmlinux
>
> Use macro in misc.c to replace passed run_size.
>
> Fixes: e6023367d779 ("x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd")
> Cc: Junjie Mao <eternal.n08@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 11 +----------
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 12 ++++++++++++
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 3 +++
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
> index 863ef25..e7ee9cd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
> @@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
>
> SETUP_OBJS = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(setup-y))
>
> -sed-voffset := -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) [ABCDGRSTVW] \(_text\|_end\)$$/\#define VO_\2 0x\1/p'
> -
> -quiet_cmd_voffset = VOFFSET $@
> - cmd_voffset = $(NM) $< | sed -n $(sed-voffset) > $@
> -
> -targets += voffset.h
> -$(obj)/voffset.h: vmlinux FORCE
> - $(call if_changed,voffset)
> -
> sed-zoffset := -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) [ABCDGRSTVW] \(startup_32\|startup_64\|efi32_stub_entry\|efi64_stub_entry\|efi_pe_entry\|input_data\|_end\|_rodata\|z_.*\)$$/\#define ZO_\2 0x\1/p'
>
> quiet_cmd_zoffset = ZOFFSET $@
> @@ -97,7 +88,7 @@ $(obj)/zoffset.h: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
>
>
> AFLAGS_header.o += -I$(obj)
> -$(obj)/header.o: $(obj)/voffset.h $(obj)/zoffset.h
> +$(obj)/header.o: $(obj)/zoffset.h
>
> LDFLAGS_setup.elf := -T
> $(obj)/setup.elf: $(src)/setup.ld $(SETUP_OBJS) FORCE
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> index 0a291cd..d9fee82 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> @@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
> hostprogs-y := mkpiggy
> HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
>
> +sed-voffset := -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) [ABCDGRSTVW] \(_text\|_end\)$$/\#define VO_\2 _AC(0x\1,UL)/p'
> +
> +quiet_cmd_voffset = VOFFSET $@
> + cmd_voffset = $(NM) $< | sed -n $(sed-voffset) > $@
> +
> +targets += ../voffset.h
> +
> +$(obj)/../voffset.h: vmlinux FORCE
> + $(call if_changed,voffset)
> +
> +$(obj)/misc.o: $(obj)/../voffset.h
> +
> vmlinux-objs-y := $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(obj)/head_$(BITS).o $(obj)/misc.o \
> $(obj)/string.o $(obj)/cmdline.o \
> $(obj)/piggy.o $(obj)/cpuflags.o
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> index a950864..4785c23 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>
> #include "misc.h"
> #include "../string.h"
> +#include "../voffset.h"
>
> /* WARNING!!
> * This code is compiled with -fPIC and it is relocated dynamically
> @@ -390,6 +391,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
> lines = real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_lines;
> cols = real_mode->screen_info.orig_video_cols;
>
> + run_size = VO__end - VO__text;

Hi Yinghai,

This may not be correct. In commit e602336
runsize = offset(.bss) + size(.bss) + size(.brk), why this formula comes
out can be checked from discussion between Kees and Junjie:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/30/612

And in my one kernel build the related values are:
-) objdump -h vmlinux
vmlinux: file format elf64-x86-64

Sections:
Idx Name Size VMA LMA File off
Algn
27 .bss 00167000 ffffffff81e92000 0000000001e92000 01292000
2**12
ALLOC
28 .brk 00027000 ffffffff81ff9000 0000000001ff9000 01292000
2**0
ALLOC

run_size on old calculation is
0x01292000+0x00167000+0x00027000=0x1420000

-) nm vmlinux
ffffffff81000000 T _text
ffffffff82020000 B _end

run_size on your method is 0x82020000 - 0x81000000 = 0x1020000

So if output_len which is the length of vmlinux.bin + vmlinux.relocs is
between the old run_size and your new run_size, the problem Junjie tried
to fix will happen again.


Thanks
Baoquan
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