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Message-ID: <202009031541.40B54A2E51@keescook>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 15:41:47 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/28] init: lto: fix PREL32 relocations
On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 01:30:41PM -0700, 'Sami Tolvanen' via Clang Built Linux wrote:
> With LTO, the compiler can rename static functions to avoid global
> naming collisions. As initcall functions are typically static,
> renaming can break references to them in inline assembly. This
> change adds a global stub with a stable name for each initcall to
> fix the issue when PREL32 relocations are used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
This was a Delight(tm) to get right. Thanks for finding the right magic
here. :)
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Kees Cook
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