[PATCH -tip] x86/stackprotector: Move stack canary to struct pcpu_hot
From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Thu Feb 20 2025 - 15:05:29 EST
Move stack canary from __stack_chk_guard to struct pcpu_hot and
alias __stack_chk_guard to point to the new location in the
linker script.
__stack_chk_guard is one of the hottest data structures on x86, so
moving it there makes sense even if its benefit cannot be measured
explicitly.
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/current.h | 13 +++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 ++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
index bf5953883ec3..e4ff1d15b465 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ struct task_struct;
struct pcpu_hot {
union {
struct {
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+ unsigned long stack_canary;
+#endif
struct task_struct *current_task;
int preempt_count;
int cpu_number;
@@ -35,6 +38,16 @@ struct pcpu_hot {
};
static_assert(sizeof(struct pcpu_hot) == 64);
+/*
+ * stack_canary should be at the beginning of struct pcpu_hot to avoid:
+ *
+ * Invalid absolute R_X86_64_32S relocation: __stack_chk_guard
+ *
+ * error when aliasing __stack_chk_guard to struct pcpu_hot
+ * - see arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S.
+ */
+static_assert(offsetof(struct pcpu_hot, stack_canary) == 0);
+
DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct pcpu_hot, pcpu_hot);
/* const-qualified alias to pcpu_hot, aliased by linker. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 21078907af57..9e54c1b585d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -2088,7 +2088,6 @@ void syscall_init(void)
#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, __stack_chk_guard);
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_guard);
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1769a7126224..cabb86d505fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ SECTIONS
. = ASSERT((_end - LOAD_OFFSET <= KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE),
"kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE");
+PROVIDE(__stack_chk_guard = pcpu_hot);
+
/* needed for Clang - see arch/x86/entry/entry.S */
PROVIDE(__ref_stack_chk_guard = __stack_chk_guard);
--
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