linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/29] vmlinux.lds.h: Replace RODATA with RO

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Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:55:09 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/29] vmlinux.lds.h: Replace RODATA with RO_DATA

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 07:08:51PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Kees,
> 
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 6:23 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 05:58:06PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 2:07 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > > > There's no reason to keep the RODATA macro: replace the callers with
> > > > the expected RO_DATA macro.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      | 2 +-
> > > >  arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S       | 2 +-
> > > >  arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> > > >  arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S       | 2 +-
> > > >  arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S     | 2 +-
> > > >  arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S     | 2 +-
> > > >  include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h    | 4 +---
> > > >  7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > Somehow you missed:
> > >
> > >     arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds:  RODATA
> > >     arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds:      RODATA
> >
> > Argh. I've sent a patch; sorry and thanks for catching this. For my own
> > cross-build testing, which defconfig targets will hit these two linker
> > scripts?
> 
> vmlinux-sun3.lds: sun3_defconfig
> vmlinux-std.lds: All other classic 680x0 targets with an MMU, e.g. plain
>                  defconfig aka multi_defconfig.

Excellent, thank you; I've updated my multi-arch build list. :)

-- 
Kees Cook