linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/4] x86: Rid .head.text of all abs references

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Date: Wed,  5 Jun 2024 12:16:11 +0200
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/4] x86: Rid .head.text of all abs references

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

This series removes the last remaining absolute symbol references from
.head.text. Doing so is necessary because code in this section may be
called from a 1:1 mapping of memory, which deviates from the mapping
this code was linked and/or relocated to run at. This is not something
that the toolchains support: even PIC/PIE code is still assumed to
execute from the same mapping that it was relocated to run from by the
startup code or dynamic loader. This means we are basically on our own
here, and need to add measures to ensure the code works as expected in
this manner.

Given that the startup code needs to create the kernel virtual mapping
in the page tables, early references to some kernel virtual addresses
are valid even if they cannot be dereferenced yet. To avoid having to
make this distinction at build time, patches #3 and #4 replace such
valid references with RIP-relative references with an offset applied.

Patches #1 and #2 remove some absolute references from .head.text that
don't need to be there in the first place.

Changes since v2:
- Rebase onto v6.10-rc2
- Tweak commit log of patch #3

Changes since v1/RFC:
- rename va_offset to p2v_offset
- take PA of _text in C code directly

Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>

Ard Biesheuvel (4):
  x86/sev: Avoid WARN()s in early boot code
  x86/xen/pvh: Move startup code into .ref.text
  x86/boot/64: Determine VA/PA offset before entering C code
  x86/boot/64: Avoid intentional absolute symbol references in
    .head.text

 arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c     | 38 ++++++++++++--------
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S    |  9 ++++-
 arch/x86/kernel/sev.c        | 15 +++-----
 arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

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