linux-kernel - [RFC/RFT PATCH 14/19] x86/hibernate: Prefer RIP-relative accesses

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Message-ID: <20260108092526.28586-35-ardb@kernel.org>
Date: Thu,  8 Jan 2026 09:25:41 +0000
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: x86@...nel.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC/RFT PATCH 14/19] x86/hibernate: Prefer RIP-relative accesses

Replace some absolute symbol references with RIP-relative ones, to avoid
fixups at boot time. This is a prerequisite for PIE linking, which only
permits 64-bit wide loader-visible absolute references.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_64.S | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_64.S b/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_64.S
index c73be0a02a6c..173df717275a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_64.S
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(restore_registers)
 	movq	%rax, %cr4;  # turn PGE back on
 
 	/* We don't restore %rax, it must be 0 anyway */
-	movq	$saved_context, %rax
+	leaq	saved_context(%rip), %rax
 	movq	pt_regs_sp(%rax), %rsp
 	movq	pt_regs_bp(%rax), %rbp
 	movq	pt_regs_si(%rax), %rsi
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(restore_registers)
 SYM_FUNC_END(restore_registers)
 
 SYM_FUNC_START(swsusp_arch_suspend)
-	movq	$saved_context, %rax
+	leaq	saved_context(%rip), %rax
 	movq	%rsp, pt_regs_sp(%rax)
 	movq	%rbp, pt_regs_bp(%rax)
 	movq	%rsi, pt_regs_si(%rax)
-- 
2.47.3