linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: mm: DEBUG_RODATA makes no sense with XIP

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jJg4SqrHdJsB-5AzcQbNR-hDZv6YsWayf7LefO+ng4Qhg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:31:16 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: mm: DEBUG_RODATA makes no sense with XIP_KERNEL

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> When CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA is set, we get a link error:
>
> arch/arm/mm/built-in.o:(.data+0x4bc): undefined reference to `__start_rodata_section_aligned'
>
> However, this combination is useless, as XIP_KERNEL implies that all the
> RODATA is already marked readonly, so both CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and
> CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA (which depends on the other) are not
> needed with XIP_KERNEL, and this patches enforces that using a Kconfig
> dependency.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Fixes: 25362dc496ed ("ARM: 8501/1: mm: flip priority of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA")

For this and the 2/2 patch:

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

I've sent follow-up to clean up the XIP linker script too, if you want
to take that as the 3rd patch in this series of fixes.

-Kees

> ---
>  arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
> index fbf2296388ce..8894045caba9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
>
>  config DEBUG_RODATA
>         bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only"
> -       depends on MMU
> +       depends on MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
>         default y if CPU_V7
>         help
>           If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made
> --
> 2.7.0
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security