Re: [PATCH v5 17/24] powerpc/vdso: Enable the vdsocheck tool
From: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 13:50:58 EST
Le 08/09/2026 à 08:33, Thomas Weißschuh a écrit :
The vdsocheck tool validates the object files and final .so library.
It can detect if the compiler created relocations which are incompatible
with the vDSO which need to be worked around.
Wire it up for the architecture.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 4 ++--
lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 2580e27e4328..f19e225cfc5c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ config PPC
select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
+ select VDSO_CHECK
select VDSO_DATASTORE
select VDSO_GETRANDOM
#
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 368759f81708..ca20b91b4373 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ targets += vdso64.lds
CPPFLAGS_vdso64.lds += -P -C
# link rule for the .so file, .lds has to be first
-$(obj)/vdso32.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso32.lds $(obj-vdso32) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-32.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-32.o $(obj)/crtsavres-32.o FORCE
+$(obj)/vdso32.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso32.lds $(obj-vdso32) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-32.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-32.o $(obj)/crtsavres-32.o $(vdsocheck) FORCE
$(call if_changed,vdso32ld_and_check)
-$(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso64.lds $(obj-vdso64) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-64.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-64.o FORCE
+$(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso64.lds $(obj-vdso64) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-64.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-64.o $(vdsocheck) FORCE
$(call if_changed,vdso64ld_and_check)
# assembly rules for the .S files
diff --git a/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs b/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs
index e45a1fbc6829..429bdcd65818 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs
+++ b/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,33 @@ fn allowed_relocations_for_machine(machine: u16) -> Option<AllowedRelocations<'s
..Default::default()
}
.into(),
+ bindings::EM_PPC => AllowedRelocations {
+ in_object_file: &[
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL24,
Not sure this is correct, see commit 42ed6d56ade2 ("powerpc/vdso: Block R_PPC_REL24 relocations")
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL14,
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL32,
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL16,
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL16_LO,
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL16_HI,
+ bindings::R_PPC_REL16_HA,
+ ],
+ ..Default::default()
+ }
+ .into(),
+ bindings::EM_PPC64 => AllowedRelocations {
+ in_object_file: &[
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL24,
Not sure this is correct, see commit 42ed6d56ade2 ("powerpc/vdso: Block R_PPC_REL24 relocations")
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL14,
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL32,
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL64,
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL16,
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL16_LO,
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL16_HI,
+ bindings::R_PPC64_REL16_HA,
+ ],
+ ..Default::default()
+ }
+ .into(),
_ => None,
}
}