linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 mips-next 4/7] MIPS: vmlinux.lds.S: catch bad .rel.dyn at link time

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Message-ID: <202101071348.301DA51@keescook>
Date:   Thu, 7 Jan 2021 13:48:53 -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 4/7] MIPS: vmlinux.lds.S: catch bad .rel.dyn
 at link time

On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 01:20:33PM +0000, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> Catch any symbols placed in .rel.dyn and check for these sections
> to be zero-sized at link time.
> Eliminates following ld warning:
> 
> mips-alpine-linux-musl-ld: warning: orphan section `.rel.dyn'
> from `init/main.o' being placed in section `.rel.dyn'
> 
> Adopted from x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S.
> 
> Suggested-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>

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

-- 
Kees Cook