Avoid creating sections simultaneously writable and readable to prepare for W^X implementation. Align sections on page size (4KB) to allow protecting them in the page tables. Split init code form ".init" segment into separate R_X ".inittext" segment and make ".init" segment non-executable. Also add these segments to x86_32 architecture for consistency. Currently paging is disabled in x86_32 in compressed kernel, so protection is not applied anyways, but .init code was incorrectly placed in non-executable ".data" segment. This should not change anything meaningful in memory layout now, but might be required in case memory protection will also be implemented in compressed kernel for x86_32. Tested-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 15f29053cec4..6587e0201b50 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64; PHDRS { text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5); /* R_E */ data PT_LOAD FLAGS(6); /* RW_ */ -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_SMP) percpu PT_LOAD FLAGS(6); /* RW_ */ #endif - init PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWE */ -#endif + inittext PT_LOAD FLAGS(5); /* R_E */ + init PT_LOAD FLAGS(6); /* RW_ */ note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0); /* ___ */ } @@ -226,9 +225,10 @@ SECTIONS #endif INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE) -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 - :init -#endif + :inittext + + . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); + /* * Section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run. All @@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ SECTIONS .altinstr_aux : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_aux) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.altinstr_aux) } + :init INIT_DATA_SECTION(16) -- 2.37.4