[PATCH v6 14/29] arm64/build: Warn on orphan section placement

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Aug 21 2020 - 15:54:37 EST


We don't want to depend on the linker's orphan section placement
heuristics as these can vary between linkers, and may change between
versions. All sections need to be explicitly handled in the linker
script.

With all sections now handled, enable orphan section warnings.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Makefile | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 6de7f551b821..61a46f56ff33 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --fix-cortex-a53-843419
endif
endif

+# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
+# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --orphan-handling=warn
+
ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
$(warning LSE atomics not supported by binutils)
--
2.25.1