linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 23/28] tools/objtool: Mark generated sections as writable

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Message-ID: <20240925150059.3955569-53-ardb+git@google.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:01:23 +0200
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 23/28] tools/objtool: Mark generated sections as writable

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

objtool generates ELF sections such as __mcount_loc, which carry
absolute symbol references that need to be fixed up at boot time, based
on the actual virtual placement of the kernel binary.

This involves writing to the section at boot time, and in some cases
(e.g., when using --pie and -z text), the lld linker is more pedantic
about this, and complains about absolute relocations operating on
read-only sections.

None of this actually matters for vmlinux, which manages its own mapping
permissions, and so we can just set the SHF_WRITE flag on those sections
to make the linker happy.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 3d27983dc908..26a39b010c92 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
 	sec->sh.sh_entsize = entsize;
 	sec->sh.sh_type = SHT_PROGBITS;
 	sec->sh.sh_addralign = 1;
-	sec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_ALLOC;
+	sec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_ALLOC | SHF_WRITE;
 
 	/* Add section name to .shstrtab (or .strtab for Clang) */
 	shstrtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".shstrtab");
-- 
2.46.0.792.g87dc391469-goog