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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:10:32 -0700 From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> To: x86@...nel.org Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> Subject: [PATCH v3 03/16] linkage: Add DECLARE_ASM_FUNC_SYMBOL The kernel has several assembly functions, which are not directly callable from C but need to be referred to from C code. This change adds the DECLARE_ASM_FUNC_SYMBOL macro, which allows us to declare these symbols using an opaque type, which makes misuse harder, and avoids the need to annotate references to the functions for Clang's Control-Flow Integrity (CFI). Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> --- include/linux/linkage.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h index dbf8506decca..f1eac26b2dd6 100644 --- a/include/linux/linkage.h +++ b/include/linux/linkage.h @@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ #define __PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA .section ".data..page_aligned", "aw" #define __PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS .section ".bss..page_aligned", "aw" +/* + * Declares a function not callable from C using an opaque type. Defined as + * an array to allow the address of the symbol to be taken without '&'. + */ +#ifndef DECLARE_ASM_FUNC_SYMBOL +#define DECLARE_ASM_FUNC_SYMBOL(sym) \ + extern const u8 sym[] +#endif + +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ +typedef const u8 *asm_func_ptr; +#endif + /* * This is used by architectures to keep arguments on the stack * untouched by the compiler by keeping them live until the end. -- 2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog
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