On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 12:29:34PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 12:11:16PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> > There's definiltely breakage with that module_writable_address()
> > nonsense in alternative.c that will not be fixed by that patch.
> >
> > The very simplest thing at this point is to remove:
> >
> > select ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX if X86_64
> >
> > and try again next cycle.
>
> Boris asked I send it as a proper patch, so here goes. Perhaps next time
> let x86 merge x86 code :/
>
> ---
> Subject: x86: Disable EXECMEM_ROX support
>
> The whole module_writable_address() nonsense made a giant mess of
> alternative.c, not to mention it still contains bugs -- notable some of the CFI
> variants crash and burn.
>
> Mike has been working on patches to clean all this up again, but given the
> current state of things, this stuff just isn't ready.
>
> Disable for now, lets try again next cycle.
>
> Fixes: 5185e7f9f3bd ("x86/module: enable ROX caches for module text on 64 bit")
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 9d7bd0ae48c4..ef6cfea9df73 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ config X86
> select ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS if GART_IOMMU || XEN
> select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG if KGDB
> select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
> - select ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX if X86_64
> select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
> select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
> select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
This one works for my hibernate woes.
In case you want it:
Tested-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ville Syrjälä
Intel
