Re: [PATCH -fixes] riscv: Do not use fortify in early code

From: Felix Yan
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 16:11:35 EST


On 10/9/24 10:27, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
Early code designates the code executed when the MMU is not yet enabled,
and this comes with some limitations (see
Documentation/arch/riscv/boot.rst, section "Pre-MMU execution").

FORTIFY_SOURCE must be disabled then since it can trigger kernel panics
as reported in [1].

Reported-by: Jason Montleon <jmontleo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CAJD_bPJes4QhmXY5f63GHV9B9HFkSCoaZjk-qCT2NGS7Q9HODg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
Fixes: a35707c3d850 ("riscv: add memory-type errata for T-Head")
Fixes: 26e7aacb83df ("riscv: Allow to downgrade paging mode from the command line")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/errata/Makefile | 6 ++++++
arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile | 5 +++++
arch/riscv/kernel/pi/Makefile | 6 +++++-
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
index 8a2739485123..f0da9d7b39c3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-pie
endif
+ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE_EARLY
+ifdef CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+endif
+endif
+
obj-$(CONFIG_ERRATA_ANDES) += andes/
obj-$(CONFIG_ERRATA_SIFIVE) += sifive/
obj-$(CONFIG_ERRATA_THEAD) += thead/
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
index 7f88cc4931f5..69dc8aaab3fb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ KASAN_SANITIZE_alternative.o := n
KASAN_SANITIZE_cpufeature.o := n
KASAN_SANITIZE_sbi_ecall.o := n
endif
+ifdef CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+CFLAGS_alternative.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+CFLAGS_cpufeature.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+CFLAGS_sbi_ecall.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+endif
endif
extra-y += vmlinux.lds
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/Makefile
index d5bf1bc7de62..81d69d45c06c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/pi/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_LTO), $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=medany
CFLAGS_cmdline_early.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
-CFLAGS_lib-fdt_ro.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
CFLAGS_fdt_early.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+# lib/string.c already defines __NO_FORTIFY
+CFLAGS_ctype.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+CFLAGS_lib-fdt.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+CFLAGS_lib-fdt_ro.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
+CFLAGS_archrandom_early.o += -D__NO_FORTIFY
$(obj)/%.pi.o: OBJCOPYFLAGS := --prefix-symbols=__pi_ \
--remove-section=.note.gnu.property \

I was having similar boot issues with Nezha D1 and this fixes it for me as well. Thanks (and thanks Emil for pointing me to this patch)!

Applied in my Arch Linux RISC-V port.

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Regards,
Felix Yan

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