linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] kbuild: fix LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:10:29 +1000
From:   Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Alex Matveev <alxmtvv@...il.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim.kuvyrkov@...aro.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] kbuild: fix LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION with GNU
 gold

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:44:38 -0800
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> wrote:

> Don't remove .head.text or .exitcall.exit when linking with --gc-sections,
> and include .init.text.* in .init.text and .init.rodata.* in .init.rodata.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

Fine by me, if you consider my other comments.

Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>