Thread (62 messages) 62 messages, 14 authors, 2018-11-15

[RFC 17/17] arm64: compile the kernel with ptrauth -msign-return-address

From: Vladimir Murzin <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-11 14:23:11
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Hi Kristina,

On 05/10/18 09:47, Kristina Martsenko wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 106039d25e2f..dbcd43ea99d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(lseinstr) $(brokengasinst)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=lp64)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=lp64)
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH),y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -msign-return-address=all
+endif
Should not it be done via cc-option so old toolchains keep working [1]?

[1]
$ aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc --version
aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (Linaro GCC 2014.11) 4.9.3 20141031 (prerelease)
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc -msign-return-address=all
aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-msign-return-address=all'
...

Cheers
Vladimir
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