linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 09/29] vmlinux.lds.h: Move Program Header restoration into NOTES macro

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:05:49 -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 09/29] vmlinux.lds.h: Move Program Header restoration into NOTES macro

In preparation for moving NOTES into RO_DATA, make the Program Header
assignment restoration be part of the NOTES macro itself.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S   |  5 +----
 arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    |  4 +---
 arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    |  3 +--
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |  4 +---
 arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    |  4 +---
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S     |  3 +--
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 13 +++++++++++--
 7 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 363a60ba7c31..cdfdc91ce64c 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	swapper_pg_dir = SWAPPER_PGD;
 	_etext = .;	/* End of text section */
 
-	NOTES :text :note
-	.dummy : {
-		*(.dummy)
-	} :text
+	NOTES
 
 	RODATA
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7cf4958b732d..bfc937ec168c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	/*
 	 * Read-only data
 	 */
-	NOTES :text :note       /* put .notes in text and mark in PT_NOTE  */
-	code_continues : {
-	} :text                /* switch back to regular program...  */
+	NOTES
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1c95612eb800..6a22f531d815 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___dbe_table = .;
 	}
 
-	NOTES NOTES_HEADERS
-	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
+	NOTES
 
 	_sdata = .;			/* Start of data section */
 	RODATA
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7e26e20c8324..4f19d814d592 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -164,9 +164,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
 
-	NOTES :text :note
-	/* Restore program header away from PT_NOTE. */
-	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
+	NOTES
 
 /*
  * Init sections discarded at runtime
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 646d939346df..f88eedeb915a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
 	} :text = 0x0700
 
-	NOTES :text :note
-
-	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
+	NOTES
 
 	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2e18bf5c1aed..8be25b09c2b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = .;
 	} :text = 0x9090
 
-	NOTES :text :note
-	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
+	NOTES
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f5dd45ce73f1..97d4299f14dc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -56,10 +56,18 @@
 
 /*
  * Only some architectures want to have the .notes segment visible in
- * a separate PT_NOTE ELF Program Header.
+ * a separate PT_NOTE ELF Program Header. When this happens, it needs
+ * to be visible in both the kernel text's PT_LOAD and the PT_NOTE
+ * Program Headers. In this case, though, the PT_LOAD needs to be made
+ * the default again so that all the following sections don't also end
+ * up in the PT_NOTE Program Header.
  */
 #ifdef EMITS_PT_NOTE
 #define NOTES_HEADERS		:text :note
+#define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE	__restore_ph : { *(.__restore_ph) } :text
+#else
+#define NOTES_HEADERS
+#define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE
 #endif
 
 /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
@@ -798,7 +806,8 @@
 		__start_notes = .;					\
 		KEEP(*(.note.*))					\
 		__stop_notes = .;					\
-	}
+	} NOTES_HEADERS							\
+	NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE
 
 #define INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align)					\
 		. = ALIGN(initsetup_align);				\
-- 
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