Re: [PATCH v6 13/29] arm64/build: Assert for unwanted sections

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Kees,

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 1:29 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:56 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In preparation for warning on orphan sections, discard
> > unwanted non-zero-sized generated sections, and enforce other
> > expected-to-be-zero-sized sections (since discarding them might hide
> > problems with them suddenly gaining unexpected entries).
> >
> > Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This is now commit be2881824ae9eb92 ("arm64/build: Assert for unwanted
> sections") in v5.10-rc1, and is causing the following error with
> renesas_defconfig[1]:
>
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.eh_frame' from
> `kernel/bpf/core.o' being placed in section `.eh_frame'
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!
>
> I cannot reproduce this with the standard arm64 defconfig.
>
> I bisected the error to the aforementioned commit, but understand this
> is not the real reason.  If I revert this commit, I still get:
>
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.got.plt' from
> `arch/arm64/kernel/head.o' being placed in section `.got.plt'
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.plt' from
> `arch/arm64/kernel/head.o' being placed in section `.plt'
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.data.rel.ro' from
> `arch/arm64/kernel/head.o' being placed in section `.data.rel.ro'
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.eh_frame' from
> `kernel/bpf/core.o' being placed in section `.eh_frame'
>
> I.e. including the ".eh_frame" warning. I have tried bisecting that
> warning (i.e. with be2881824ae9eb92 reverted), but that leads me to
> commit b3e5d80d0c48c0cc ("arm64/build: Warn on orphan section
> placement"), which is another red herring.

kernel/bpf/core.o is the only file containing an eh_frame section,
causing the warning.
If I compile core.c with "-g" added, like arm64 defconfig does, the
eh_frame section is no longer emitted.

Hence setting CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y, cfr. arm64 defconfig, the warning
is gone, but I'm back to the the "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries" below...

> Note that even on plain be2881824ae9eb92, I get:
>
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!
>     aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!
>
> The parent commit obviously doesn't show that (but probably still has
> the problem).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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