linux-kernel - [PATCH V3 03/49] x86/traps: Remove stack-protector from traps.c

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Message-Id: <20211014031413.14471-4-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:13:26 +0800
From:   Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Chester Lin <clin@...e.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH V3 03/49] x86/traps: Remove stack-protector from traps.c

From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>

When stack-protector is enabled, the compiler adds some instrument code
at the beginning and the end of some functions. Many functions in traps.c
are non-instrumentable.  Moreover, stack-protector code in the beginning
of the affected function accesses the canary that might be watched by
hardware breakpoints which also violate the non-instrumentable
nature of some functions and might cause infinite recursive #DB because
the canary is accessed before resetting the dr7.

So it is better to remove stack-protector from traps.c.

It is also prepared for later patches that move some entry code into
traps.c, some of which can NOT use percpu register until gsbase is
properly switched.  And stack-protector depends on the percpu register
to work.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 2ff3e600f426..8ac45801ba8b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT		:= n

 CFLAGS_head$(BITS).o	+= -fno-stack-protector
 CFLAGS_cc_platform.o	+= -fno-stack-protector
+CFLAGS_traps.o		+= -fno-stack-protector

 CFLAGS_irq.o := -I $(srctree)/$(src)/../include/asm/trace

-- 
2.19.1.6.gb485710b