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Re: [PATCH v5 17/24] powerpc/vdso: Enable the vdsocheck tool

From: R Nageswara Sastry <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-08 14:04:22
Also in: linux-kbuild, linux-mips, linux-mm, linux-riscv, linux-s390, linux-um, lkml, llvm, loongarch, rust-for-linux

On 08.09.2026 12:03 PM, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
The vdsocheck tool validates the object files and final .so library.
It can detect if the compiler created relocations which are incompatible
with the vDSO which need to be worked around.

Wire it up for the architecture.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <redacted>
Tested-by: R Nageswara Sastry <redacted>

System: ppc64le LPAR (IBM POWER), Linux 7.3-rc2
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
  arch/powerpc/Kconfig              |  1 +
  arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile |  4 ++--
  lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs       | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 2580e27e4328..f19e225cfc5c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ config PPC
  	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
  	select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
  	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
+	select VDSO_CHECK
  	select VDSO_DATASTORE
  	select VDSO_GETRANDOM
  	#
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 368759f81708..ca20b91b4373 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ targets += vdso64.lds
  CPPFLAGS_vdso64.lds += -P -C
  
  # link rule for the .so file, .lds has to be first
-$(obj)/vdso32.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso32.lds $(obj-vdso32) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-32.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-32.o $(obj)/crtsavres-32.o FORCE
+$(obj)/vdso32.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso32.lds $(obj-vdso32) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-32.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-32.o $(obj)/crtsavres-32.o $(vdsocheck) FORCE
  	$(call if_changed,vdso32ld_and_check)
-$(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso64.lds $(obj-vdso64) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-64.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-64.o FORCE
+$(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso64.lds $(obj-vdso64) $(obj)/vgettimeofday-64.o $(obj)/vgetrandom-64.o $(vdsocheck) FORCE
  	$(call if_changed,vdso64ld_and_check)
  
  # assembly rules for the .S files
diff --git a/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs b/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs
index e45a1fbc6829..429bdcd65818 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs
+++ b/lib/vdso/check/vdsocheck.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,33 @@ fn allowed_relocations_for_machine(machine: u16) -> Option<AllowedRelocations<'s
              ..Default::default()
          }
          .into(),
+        bindings::EM_PPC => AllowedRelocations {
+            in_object_file: &[
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL24,
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL14,
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL32,
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL16,
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL16_LO,
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL16_HI,
+                bindings::R_PPC_REL16_HA,
+            ],
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+        .into(),
+        bindings::EM_PPC64 => AllowedRelocations {
+            in_object_file: &[
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL24,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL14,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL32,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL64,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL16,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL16_LO,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL16_HI,
+                bindings::R_PPC64_REL16_HA,
+            ],
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+        .into(),
          _ => None,
      }
  }
-- 
Thanks and Regards
R.Nageswara Sastry

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