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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:06:59 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Always link with '-z norelro'
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 00:05, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 11:34 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:06 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 at 01:53, Nathan Chancellor
> > > <natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 04:44:46PM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:41 AM Nathan Chancellor
> > > > > <natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Commit 3bbd3db86470 ("arm64: relocatable: fix inconsistencies in linker
> > > > > > script and options") added '-z norelro' to the arm64 Makefile when
> > > > > > CONFIG_RELOCATABLE was set to help support ld.lld because ld.lld
> > > > > > defaults to '-z relro' but the kernel does not use program headers or
> > > > > > adhere to the section layout that is required for RELRO to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Commit 3b92fa7485eb ("arm64: link with -z norelro regardless of
> > > > > > CONFIG_RELOCATABLE") unconditionally added it to LDFLAGS_vmlinux because
> > > > > > an error occurs with CONFIG_KASAN set even when CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is
> > > > > > unset.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As it turns out, ARM experiences the same error after CONFIG_KASAN was
> > > > > > implemented, meaning that '-z norelro' needs to be added to that
> > > > > > Makefile as well (multi_v7_defconfig + CONFIG_KASAN=y + LD=ld.lld):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > $ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- LLVM=1 zImage
> > > > > > ld.lld: error: section: .exit.data is not contiguous with other relro sections
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To avoid playing whack-a-mole with different architectures over time,
> > > > > > hoist '-z norelro' into the main Makefile. This does not affect ld.bfd
> > > > > > because '-z norelro' is the default for it.
>
> Fangrui pointed out off list that this might need an ld-option wrapper
> for older versions of GNU binutils. Dan was showing me some build
> logs today, and I thought I spotted such warnings about `-z norelro
> will be ignored`.
Does ld-option catch options that cause warnings but no errors?
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