Patch "x86-64: Handle PC-relative relocations on per-CPU data" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    x86-64: Handle PC-relative relocations on per-CPU data

to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     x86-64-handle-pc-relative-relocations-on-per-cpu-data.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From 6d24c5f72dfb26e5fa7f02fa9266dfdbae41adba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 08:50:18 +0000
Subject: x86-64: Handle PC-relative relocations on per-CPU data

From: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>

commit 6d24c5f72dfb26e5fa7f02fa9266dfdbae41adba upstream.

This is in preparation of using RIP-relative addressing in many of the
per-CPU accesses.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5458A15A0200007800044A9A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/tools/relocs.c         |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void handle_relocations(void *out
 
 	/*
 	 * Process relocations: 32 bit relocations first then 64 bit after.
-	 * Two sets of binary relocations are added to the end of the kernel
+	 * Three sets of binary relocations are added to the end of the kernel
 	 * before compression. Each relocation table entry is the kernel
 	 * address of the location which needs to be updated stored as a
 	 * 32-bit value which is sign extended to 64 bits.
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ static void handle_relocations(void *out
 	 * kernel bits...
 	 * 0 - zero terminator for 64 bit relocations
 	 * 64 bit relocation repeated
+	 * 0 - zero terminator for inverse 32 bit relocations
+	 * 32 bit inverse relocation repeated
 	 * 0 - zero terminator for 32 bit relocations
 	 * 32 bit relocation repeated
 	 *
@@ -286,6 +288,16 @@ static void handle_relocations(void *out
 		*(uint32_t *)ptr += delta;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	while (*--reloc) {
+		long extended = *reloc;
+		extended += map;
+
+		ptr = (unsigned long)extended;
+		if (ptr < min_addr || ptr > max_addr)
+			error("inverse 32-bit relocation outside of kernel!\n");
+
+		*(int32_t *)ptr -= delta;
+	}
 	for (reloc--; *reloc; reloc--) {
 		long extended = *reloc;
 		extended += map;
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ struct relocs {
 
 static struct relocs relocs16;
 static struct relocs relocs32;
+#if ELF_BITS == 64
+static struct relocs relocs32neg;
 static struct relocs relocs64;
+#endif
 
 struct section {
 	Elf_Shdr       shdr;
@@ -762,11 +765,16 @@ static int do_reloc64(struct section *se
 
 	switch (r_type) {
 	case R_X86_64_NONE:
+		/* NONE can be ignored. */
+		break;
+
 	case R_X86_64_PC32:
 		/*
-		 * NONE can be ignored and PC relative relocations don't
-		 * need to be adjusted.
+		 * PC relative relocations don't need to be adjusted unless
+		 * referencing a percpu symbol.
 		 */
+		if (is_percpu_sym(sym, symname))
+			add_reloc(&relocs32neg, offset);
 		break;
 
 	case R_X86_64_32:
@@ -986,7 +994,10 @@ static void emit_relocs(int as_text, int
 	/* Order the relocations for more efficient processing */
 	sort_relocs(&relocs16);
 	sort_relocs(&relocs32);
+#if ELF_BITS == 64
+	sort_relocs(&relocs32neg);
 	sort_relocs(&relocs64);
+#endif
 
 	/* Print the relocations */
 	if (as_text) {
@@ -1007,14 +1018,21 @@ static void emit_relocs(int as_text, int
 		for (i = 0; i < relocs32.count; i++)
 			write_reloc(relocs32.offset[i], stdout);
 	} else {
-		if (ELF_BITS == 64) {
-			/* Print a stop */
-			write_reloc(0, stdout);
-
-			/* Now print each relocation */
-			for (i = 0; i < relocs64.count; i++)
-				write_reloc(relocs64.offset[i], stdout);
-		}
+#if ELF_BITS == 64
+		/* Print a stop */
+		write_reloc(0, stdout);
+
+		/* Now print each relocation */
+		for (i = 0; i < relocs64.count; i++)
+			write_reloc(relocs64.offset[i], stdout);
+
+		/* Print a stop */
+		write_reloc(0, stdout);
+
+		/* Now print each inverse 32-bit relocation */
+		for (i = 0; i < relocs32neg.count; i++)
+			write_reloc(relocs32neg.offset[i], stdout);
+#endif
 
 		/* Print a stop */
 		write_reloc(0, stdout);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from JBeulich@xxxxxxxx are

queue-3.18/x86-64-handle-pc-relative-relocations-on-per-cpu-data.patch



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