The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 6fc4000656a10fb679ab6566dcd516ee672f1706
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/6fc4000656a10fb679ab6566dcd516ee672f1706
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:13:24 -07:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:33:39 +01:00
powerpc: Remove PT_NOTE workaround
In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, remove the PT_NOTE
workaround since the kernel requires at least gcc 4.6 now.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-3-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 24 ++----------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 81e6726..a3c8492 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -20,20 +20,6 @@ ENTRY(_stext)
PHDRS {
kernel PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
- dummy PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
-
- /* binutils < 2.18 has a bug that makes it misbehave when taking an
- ELF file with all segments at load address 0 as input. This
- happens when running "strip" on vmlinux, because of the AT() magic
- in this linker script. People using GCC >= 4.2 won't run into
- this problem, because the "build-id" support will put some data
- into the "notes" segment (at a non-zero load address).
-
- To work around this, we force some data into both the "dummy"
- segment and the kernel segment, so the dummy segment will get a
- non-zero load address. It's not enough to always create the
- "notes" segment, since if nothing gets assigned to it, its load
- address will be zero. */
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
@@ -178,14 +164,8 @@ SECTIONS
EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
NOTES :kernel :note
-
- /* The dummy segment contents for the bug workaround mentioned above
- near PHDRS. */
- .dummy : AT(ADDR(.dummy) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- LONG(0)
- LONG(0)
- LONG(0)
- } :kernel :dummy
+ /* Restore program header away from PT_NOTE. */
+ .dummy : { *(.dummy) } :kernel
/*
* Init sections discarded at runtime
|