linux-uconsole/arch/arm/kernel/module.lds

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	.init.plt : { BYTE(0) }
}
ARM: 8220/1: allow modules outside of bl range Loading modules far away from the kernel in memory is problematic because the 'bl' instruction only has limited reach, and modules are not built with PLTs. Instead of using the -mlong-calls option (which affects all compiler emitted bl instructions, but not the ones in assembler), this patch allocates some additional space at module load time, and populates it with PLT like veneers when encountering relocations that are out of range. This should work with all relocations against symbols exported by the kernel, including those resulting from GCC generated implicit function calls for ftrace etc. The module memory size increases by about 5% on average, regardless of whether any PLT entries were actually needed. However, due to the page based rounding that occurs when allocating module memory, the average memory footprint increase is negligible. Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 2014-11-24 16:54:35 +01:00			`SECTIONS {`
ARM: kernel: merge core and init PLTs The PLT code uses a separate .init.plt section to allocate PLT entries for jump and call instructions in __init code. However, even for fairly sizable modules like mac80211.ko, we only end up with a couple of PLT entries in the .init section, and so we can simplify the code significantly by emitting all PLT entries into the same section. Tested-by: Jongsung Kim <neidhard.kim@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> 2016-08-16 17:21:02 +02:00			`.plt : { BYTE(0) }`
ARM: 8662/1: module: split core and init PLT sections Since commit 35fa91eed817 ("ARM: kernel: merge core and init PLTs"), the ARM module PLT code allocates all PLT entries in a single core section, since the overhead of having a separate init PLT section is not justified by the small number of PLT entries usually required for init code. However, the core and init module regions are allocated independently, and there is a corner case where the core region may be allocated from the VMALLOC region if the dedicated module region is exhausted, but the init region, being much smaller, can still be allocated from the module region. This puts the PLT entries out of reach of the relocated branch instructions, defeating the whole purpose of PLTs. So split the core and init PLT regions, and name the latter ".init.plt" so it gets allocated along with (and sufficiently close to) the .init sections that it serves. Also, given that init PLT entries may need to be emitted for branches that target the core module, modify the logic that disregards defined symbols to only disregard symbols that are defined in the same section. Fixes: 35fa91eed817 ("ARM: kernel: merge core and init PLTs") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.9+ Reported-by: Angus Clark <angus@angusclark.org> Tested-by: Angus Clark <angus@angusclark.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> 2017-02-22 19:40:12 +01:00			`.init.plt : { BYTE(0) }`
ARM: 8220/1: allow modules outside of bl range Loading modules far away from the kernel in memory is problematic because the 'bl' instruction only has limited reach, and modules are not built with PLTs. Instead of using the -mlong-calls option (which affects all compiler emitted bl instructions, but not the ones in assembler), this patch allocates some additional space at module load time, and populates it with PLT like veneers when encountering relocations that are out of range. This should work with all relocations against symbols exported by the kernel, including those resulting from GCC generated implicit function calls for ftrace etc. The module memory size increases by about 5% on average, regardless of whether any PLT entries were actually needed. However, due to the page based rounding that occurs when allocating module memory, the average memory footprint increase is negligible. Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 2014-11-24 16:54:35 +01:00			`}`