linux-kernel - [tip: x86/build] powerpc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO

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Date:   Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:27:27 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Kees Cook" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
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Subject: [tip: x86/build] powerpc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment

The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     4e9e559a0385930649c1c9cad703d475ee030206
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/4e9e559a0385930649c1c9cad703d475ee030206
Author:        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:13:46 -07:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:30:13 +01:00

powerpc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment

Since the EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, collapse it into RO_DATA.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@...ux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-25-keescook@chromium.org
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4e7cec0..8834220 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #define BSS_FIRST_SECTIONS *(.bss.prominit)
 #define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	0
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
@@ -162,7 +163,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop__btb_flush_fixup = .;
 	}
 #endif
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
 
 /*
  * Init sections discarded at runtime