linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 18/29] arm64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:05:58 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-c6x-dev@...ux-c6x.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 18/29] arm64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment

Since the EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, collapse it into RO_DATA. Also
removes the redundant ALIGN, which is already present at the end of the
RO_DATA macro.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a4b3e6c0680c..9128a26eb45b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Written by Martin Mares <mj@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
  */
 
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
@@ -135,10 +137,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)		/* everything from this point to     */
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)		/* __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	/* everything from this point to __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	idmap_pg_dir = .;
 	. += IDMAP_DIR_SIZE;
 
-- 
2.17.1