From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> commit e9e08a07385e08f1a7f85c5d1e345c21c9564963 upstream. With CONFIG_LKDTM=y and make OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy, llvm-objcopy errors: llvm-objcopy: error: --set-section-flags=.text conflicts with --rename-section=.text=.rodata Rather than support setting flags then renaming sections vs renaming then setting flags, it's simpler to just change both at the same time via --rename-section. Adding the load flag is required for GNU objcopy to mark .rodata Type as PROGBITS after the rename. This can be verified with: $ readelf -S drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata_objcopy.o ... Section Headers: [Nr] Name Type Address Offset Size EntSize Flags Link Info Align ... [ 1] .rodata PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000040 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4 ... Which shows that .text is now renamed .rodata, the alloc flag A is set, the type is PROGBITS, and the section is not flagged as writeable W. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24554 Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/448 Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Alan Modra <amodra@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Jordan Rupprect <rupprecht@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile @@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o := n OBJCOPYFLAGS := OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o := \ - --set-section-flags .text=alloc,readonly \ - --rename-section .text=.rodata + --rename-section .text=.rodata,alloc,readonly,load targets += rodata.o rodata_objcopy.o $(obj)/rodata_objcopy.o: $(obj)/rodata.o FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy)