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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:34:46 -0400
From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 21/22] x86/module: Add support for mcmodel large and PLTs
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 9:35 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/18/17 15:33, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>>>> With PIE support and KASLR extended range, the modules may be further
>>>> away from the kernel than before breaking mcmodel=kernel expectations.
>>>>
>>>> Add an option to build modules with mcmodel=large. The modules generated
>>>> code will make no assumptions on placement in memory.
>>>>
>>>> Despite this option, modules still expect kernel functions to be within
>>>> 2G and generate relative calls. To solve this issue, the PLT arm64 code
>>>> was adapted for x86_64. When a relative relocation go outside its range,
>>>> a dynamic PLT entry is used to correctly jump to the destination.
>>>
>>> Why large as opposed to medium or medium-PIC?
>>
>> Or for that matter, why not small-PIC? We aren't changing the size of
>> the kernel to be larger than 2G text or data. Small-PIC would still
>> allow it to be placed anywhere in the address space, and would
>> generate far better code.
>
> My understanding was that small=PIC and medium=PIC assume that the
> module code is in the lower 2G of memory. I will do additional testing
> on the modules to confirm that.
That is only for small/medium absolute (non-PIC) code. Think about
userspace shared libraries. They are not limited to being mapped in
the lower 2G of the address space.
--
Brian Gerst
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