linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 mips-next 3/7] MIPS: properly stop .eh

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Message-ID: <202101071348.4BA775344@keescook>
Date:   Thu, 7 Jan 2021 13:48:36 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>
Cc:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Pei Huang <huangpei@...ngson.cn>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 mips-next 3/7] MIPS: properly stop .eh_frame generation

On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 12:35:01PM +0000, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> Commit 866b6a89c6d1 ("MIPS: Add DWARF unwinding to assembly") added
> -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables to KBUILD_CFLAGS to prevent compiler
> from emitting .eh_frame symbols.
> However, as MIPS heavily uses CFI, that's not enough. Use the
> approach taken for x86 (as it also uses CFI) and explicitly put CFI
> symbols into the .debug_frame section (except for VDSO).
> This allows us to drop .eh_frame from DISCARDS as it's no longer
> being generated.
> 
> Fixes: 866b6a89c6d1 ("MIPS: Add DWARF unwinding to assembly")
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook