Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: Discard .discard.unreachable for arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux

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On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 08:51, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:43 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:20:10AM -0700, 'Fangrui Song' via Clang Built Linux wrote:
> > > In the latest efi tree, ce5e3f909fc0ed67e58367b9c56a54c20a51080b
> > > "efi/printf: Add 64-bit and 8-bit integer support",
> > > arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux may have an undesired
> > > .discard.unreachable section from drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/vsprintf.stub.o
> > >
> > > .discard.unreachable contains an R_X86_64_PC32 relocation, which will be
> > > warned by LLD: a non-SHF_ALLOC section (.discard.unreachable) is not
> > > part of the memory image, thus conceptually the distance between a
> > > non-SHF_ALLOC and a SHF_ALLOC is not a constant which can be resolved at
> > > link time.
> > >
> > > % ld.lld -m elf_x86_64 -T arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds ... -o arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
> > > ld.lld: warning: vsprintf.c:(.discard.unreachable+0x0): has non-ABS relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol ''
> > >
> > > Reuse the DISCARDS macro which includes .discard.* to drop .discard.unreachable
> > >
> > > Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Yay macro usage! :)
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> Feel free to add...
>
>    Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> # build and boot on
> Linux v5.7-rc6+ with Clang and LLD v10.0.1-rc1
>
> ...together with one more patches in the x86/boot area:
>
> x86/boot: Correct relocation destination on old linkers
>
> Next run will include:
>
> x86/boot: Add .text.startup to setup.ld (v2)
>
> - Sedat -
>
> [1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-10.0.1-rc1

Thanks, I'll queue this up.



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