[PATCH 4/7] powerpc/build: move got, toc, plt, branch_lt sections to read-only
Nicholas Piggin
npiggin at gmail.com
Thu Sep 15 01:47:43 AEST 2022
This moves linker related tables from .data to read-only area.
Relocations are performed at early boot time before memory is protected,
after which there should be no modifications required.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 341ac79f49a9..716fff86c3fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ SECTIONS
/* Read-only data */
RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+ .branch_lt : AT(ADDR(.branch_lt) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+ *(.branch_lt)
+ }
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
.got1 : AT(ADDR(.got1) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
*(.got1)
@@ -140,7 +144,30 @@ SECTIONS
*(.got2)
__got2_end = .;
}
+ .got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET) SPECIAL {
+ *(.got)
+ *(.got.plt)
+ }
+ .plt : AT(ADDR(.plt) - LOAD_OFFSET) SPECIAL {
+ /* XXX: is .plt (and .got.plt) required? */
+ *(.plt)
+ }
+
#else /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
+ .toc1 : AT(ADDR(.toc1) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+ *(.toc1)
+ }
+
+ .got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET) ALIGN(256) {
+ *(.got)
+#ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+ __prom_init_toc_start = .;
+ arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.o*(.toc)
+ __prom_init_toc_end = .;
+#endif
+ *(.toc)
+ }
+
SOFT_MASK_TABLE(8)
RESTART_TABLE(8)
@@ -327,26 +354,11 @@ SECTIONS
*(.data.rel*)
*(SDATA_MAIN)
*(.sdata2)
- *(.got.plt) *(.got)
- *(.plt)
- *(.branch_lt)
}
#else
.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
DATA_DATA
*(.data.rel*)
- *(.toc1)
- *(.branch_lt)
- }
-
- .got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET) ALIGN(256) {
- *(.got)
-#ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
- __prom_init_toc_start = .;
- arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.o*(.toc)
- __prom_init_toc_end = .;
-#endif
- *(.toc)
}
#endif
--
2.37.2
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