Re: [PATCH v2 mips-next 1/4] MIPS: vmlinux.lds.S: add missing PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA() section

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 08:08:14PM +0000, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> MIPS uses its own declaration of rwdata, and thus it should be kept
> in sync with the asm-generic one. Currently PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA() is
> missing from the linker script, which emits the following ld
> warnings:
> 
> mips-alpine-linux-musl-ld: warning: orphan section
> `.data..page_aligned' from `arch/mips/kernel/vdso.o' being placed
> in section `.data..page_aligned'
> mips-alpine-linux-musl-ld: warning: orphan section
> `.data..page_aligned' from `arch/mips/vdso/vdso-image.o' being placed
> in section `.data..page_aligned'
> 
> Add the necessary declaration, so the mentioned structures will be
> placed in vmlinux as intended:
> 
> ffffffff80630580 D __end_once
> ffffffff80630580 D __start___dyndbg
> ffffffff80630580 D __start_once
> ffffffff80630580 D __stop___dyndbg
> ffffffff80634000 d mips_vdso_data
> ffffffff80638000 d vdso_data
> ffffffff80638580 D _gp
> ffffffff8063c000 T __init_begin
> ffffffff8063c000 D _edata
> ffffffff8063c000 T _sinittext
> 
> ->
> 
> ffffffff805a4000 D __end_init_task
> ffffffff805a4000 D __nosave_begin
> ffffffff805a4000 D __nosave_end
> ffffffff805a4000 d mips_vdso_data
> ffffffff805a8000 d vdso_data
> ffffffff805ac000 D mmlist_lock
> ffffffff805ac080 D tasklist_lock
> 
> Fixes: ebb5e78cc634 ("MIPS: Initial implementation of a VDSO")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.4+
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@xxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook