linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 09/12] lkdtm: Force do

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Date:   Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:38:22 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 09/12] lkdtm: Force do_nothing() out of line

LKDTM tests display that the run do_nothing() at a given
address, but in reality do_nothing() is inlined into the
caller.

Force it out of line so that it really runs text at the
displayed address.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
index 2dede2ef658f..60b3b2fe929d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /* This is non-const, so it will end up in the .data section. */
 static u8 data_area[EXEC_SIZE];
 
-/* This is cost, so it will end up in the .rodata section. */
+/* This is const, so it will end up in the .rodata section. */
 static const unsigned long rodata = 0xAA55AA55;
 
 /* This is marked __ro_after_init, so it should ultimately be .rodata. */
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static unsigned long ro_after_init __ro_after_init = 0x55AA5500;
  * This just returns to the caller. It is designed to be copied into
  * non-executable memory regions.
  */
-static void do_nothing(void)
+static noinline void do_nothing(void)
 {
 	return;
 }
-- 
2.31.1