Re: [PATCH] arm64: drop linker script hack to hide __efistub_ symbols
From: Nick Desaulniers <hidden>
Date: 2018-12-01 00:20:56
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 3:36 AM Ard Biesheuvel [off-list ref] wrote:
Commit 1212f7a16af4 ("scripts/kallsyms: filter arm64's __efistub_
symbols") updated the kallsyms code to filter out symbols with
the __efistub_ prefix explicitly, so we no longer require the
hack in our linker script to emit them as absolute symbols.
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <redacted>Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <redacted> Tested linking with bfd and booting in qemu. Thanks Ard! lld still has some further bugs for us to work out, but this should help simplify things for us.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- arch/arm64/kernel/image.h | 46 +++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h index a820ed07fb80..8da289dc843a 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h@@ -75,16 +75,6 @@ __efistub_stext_offset = stext - _text; -/* - * Prevent the symbol aliases below from being emitted into the kallsyms - * table, by forcing them to be absolute symbols (which are conveniently - * ignored by scripts/kallsyms) rather than section relative symbols. - * The distinction is only relevant for partial linking, and only for symbols - * that are defined within a section declaration (which is not the case for - * the definitions below) so the resulting values will be identical. - */ -#define KALLSYMS_HIDE(sym) ABSOLUTE(sym) - /* * The EFI stub has its own symbol namespace prefixed by __efistub_, to * isolate it from the kernel proper. The following symbols are legally@@ -94,28 +84,28 @@ __efistub_stext_offset = stext - _text; * linked at. The routines below are all implemented in assembler in a * position independent manner */ -__efistub_memcmp = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memcmp); -__efistub_memchr = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memchr); -__efistub_memcpy = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memcpy); -__efistub_memmove = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memmove); -__efistub_memset = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memset); -__efistub_strlen = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_strlen); -__efistub_strnlen = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_strnlen); -__efistub_strcmp = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_strcmp); -__efistub_strncmp = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_strncmp); -__efistub_strrchr = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_strrchr); -__efistub___flush_dcache_area = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi___flush_dcache_area); +__efistub_memcmp = __pi_memcmp; +__efistub_memchr = __pi_memchr; +__efistub_memcpy = __pi_memcpy; +__efistub_memmove = __pi_memmove; +__efistub_memset = __pi_memset; +__efistub_strlen = __pi_strlen; +__efistub_strnlen = __pi_strnlen; +__efistub_strcmp = __pi_strcmp; +__efistub_strncmp = __pi_strncmp; +__efistub_strrchr = __pi_strrchr; +__efistub___flush_dcache_area = __pi___flush_dcache_area; #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN -__efistub___memcpy = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memcpy); -__efistub___memmove = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memmove); -__efistub___memset = KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memset); +__efistub___memcpy = __pi_memcpy; +__efistub___memmove = __pi_memmove; +__efistub___memset = __pi_memset; #endif -__efistub__text = KALLSYMS_HIDE(_text); -__efistub__end = KALLSYMS_HIDE(_end); -__efistub__edata = KALLSYMS_HIDE(_edata); -__efistub_screen_info = KALLSYMS_HIDE(screen_info); +__efistub__text = _text; +__efistub__end = _end; +__efistub__edata = _edata; +__efistub_screen_info = screen_info; #endif --2.19.1
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