From: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx> The vDSO needs to be build with x18 reserved in order to accommodate userspace platform ABIs built on top of Linux that use the register to carry inter-procedural state, as provided for by the AAPCS. An example of such a platform ABI is the one that will be used by an upcoming version of Android. Although this change is currently a no-op due to the fact that the vDSO is currently implemented in pure assembly on arm64, it is necessary in order to prepare for another change [1] that will add C code to the vDSO. [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10044501/ Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile index 3acfc813e966..ec81d28aeb5d 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ obj-vdso := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(obj-vdso)) ldflags-y := -shared -nostdlib -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 --hash-style=sysv \ --build-id -n -T -ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector +ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -ffixed-x18 ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING VDSO_LDFLAGS := -Bsymbolic -- 2.21.0
