With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the compiler replaces function addresses in instrumented C code with jump table addresses. This means that __pa_symbol(function) returns the physical address of the jump table entry instead of the actual function, which may not work as the jump table code will immediately jump to a virtual address that may not be mapped. To avoid this address space confusion, this change adds a generic definition for function_nocfi(), which architectures that support CFI can override. The typical implementation of would use inline assembly to take the function address, which avoids compiler instrumentation. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mm.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 8ba434287387..22cce9c7dd05 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ extern int mmap_rnd_compat_bits __read_mostly; #define lm_alias(x) __va(__pa_symbol(x)) #endif +/* + * With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the compiler replaces function addresses in + * instrumented C code with jump table addresses. Architectures that + * support CFI can define this macro to return the actual function address + * when needed. + */ +#ifndef function_nocfi +#define function_nocfi(x) (x) +#endif + /* * To prevent common memory management code establishing * a zero page mapping on a read fault. -- 2.31.0.291.g576ba9dcdaf-goog
