arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

[Chan Kim]

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Hello all,

This is what I see when I search "KERNEL_RWX" during "make menuconfig" for
arm64 kernel(5-10.0-rc5).  

The Kconfig file says CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is for setting text and
rodata read-only.

       

     Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:928   

 

     Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT [=n]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:931   

 

     Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:937   

       Prompt: Make kernel text and rodata read-only   

       Depends on: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]   

       Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] &&
ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]   

       Location:   

     (1) -> General architecture-dependent options   

 

I wanted to try setting STRICT_KERNEL_RWX to =n. It says this option is
visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y which is now =n. 

So I modified to ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX=y in arch/Kconfig line 928. (BTW,
is it correct to modify this Kconfig file directly? I'm not sure at the
moment)  

Then I could see the STRICT_KERNEL_RWX menu in the menuconfig and I set it
to =n as I wanted.  

But when I build the kernel, I see this errors.  

 

    ckim@ckim-ubuntu:~/ProjX/LinuxDevDrv/kernel-release-RD-INFRA-2020.11.30$
makeit

      CALL    scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh

      CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh

      CHK     include/generated/compile.h

      CC      arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'parse_rodata':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first
use in this function)

      595 |  int ret = strtobool(arg, &rodata_enabled);

          |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: note: each undeclared identifier is reported
only once for each function it appears in

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_entry_trampoline':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:614:18: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first
use in this function)

      614 |  pgprot_t prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX :
PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;

          |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_kernel':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:669:23: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first
use in this function)

      669 |  pgprot_t text_prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX :
PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;

          |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:283: arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o] Error 1

    make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: arch/arm64/mm] Error 2

    make: *** [Makefile:1799: arch/arm64] Error 2

 

variable "rodata_enabled" is defined in init/main.c as below. 

 

    #if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) ||
defined(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)

    bool rodata_enabled __ro_after_init = true;

    static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)

    {

        return strtobool(str, &rodata_enabled);

    }

    __setup("rodata=", set_debug_rodata);

    #endif

 

But now since CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=n, it is not defined
here(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=n too). 

and arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c code is still using `rodata_enabled`. Is this a bug
of the code? Or am I missing something?

 

I can modify init/main.c and include/linux/init.h so that this
rodata_enabled and related functions be defined regardless of these CONFIG
values and make the errors go away, but I'm curious if this a kind of kernel
bug raising compiler error.

Any comment will be really appreciated.

Thank you!

 

Chan Kim

 


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Re: arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2022, 07:04 Chan Kim, <ckim@etri.re.kr> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> This is what I see when I search “KERNEL_RWX” during “make menuconfig” for
> arm64 kernel(5-10.0-rc5).
>
> The Kconfig file says CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is for setting text and
> rodata read-only.
>
>      Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]
>
>      Type  : bool
>
>      Defined at arch/Kconfig:928
>
>      Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT [=n]
>
>      Type  : bool
>
>      Defined at arch/Kconfig:931
>
>
>
>      Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]
>
>      Type  : bool
>
>      Defined at arch/Kconfig:937
>
>        Prompt: Make kernel text and rodata read-only
>
>        Depends on: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]
>
>        Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] &&
> ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]
>
>        Location:
>
>      (1) -> General architecture-dependent options
>
> I wanted to try setting STRICT_KERNEL_RWX to =n. It says this option is
> visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y which is now =n.
>
Now I'm a bit confused... why do you say that "It says this option is
visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y"?

I haven't ever written Kbuild rules but as far as I understand that
message  "Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] [is] Visible if:
ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] && ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]" seems to
say that we can see and enable/disable STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if and only if
ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is set to "yes" AND ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is
set to "no".

Is it me that I'm misunderstanding the above-mentioned message from "make
menuconfig"?

> So I modified to ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX=y in arch/Kconfig line 928.
> (BTW, is it correct to modify this Kconfig file directly? I’m not sure at
> the moment)
>
For sure, I'd never do this. Why don't you simply use make menuconfig for
enabling/disabling options? Options are strictly interrelated and largely
depend on others. Why do you want to bypass dependency checks?

> Then I could see the STRICT_KERNEL_RWX menu in the menuconfig and I set it
> to =n as I wanted.
>
> But when I build the kernel, I see this errors.
>
Again, if it's not me that I'm missing something, the following errors are
simply explained by your weird way to enable/disable options.

Please correct me if I didn't get something that you wrote (I'm very tired
now after a long night staying awoke :))

Regards,

Fabio M. De Francesco

    ckim@ckim-ubuntu:~/ProjX/LinuxDevDrv/kernel-release-RD-INFRA-2020.11.30$
> makeit
>
>       CALL    scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
>
>       CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>
>       CHK     include/generated/compile.h
>
>       CC      arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'parse_rodata':
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first
> use in this function)
>
>       595 |  int ret = strtobool(arg, &rodata_enabled);
>
>           |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: note: each undeclared identifier is
> reported only once for each function it appears in
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_entry_trampoline':
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:614:18: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first
> use in this function)
>
>       614 |  pgprot_t prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX :
> PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;
>
>           |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_kernel':
>
>     arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:669:23: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first
> use in this function)
>
>       669 |  pgprot_t text_prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX :
> PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;
>
>           |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>     make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:283: arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o] Error 1
>
>     make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: arch/arm64/mm] Error 2
>
>     make: *** [Makefile:1799: arch/arm64] Error 2
>
> variable “rodata_enabled” is defined in init/main.c as below.
>
>     #if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) ||
> defined(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)
>
>     bool rodata_enabled __ro_after_init = true;
>
>     static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)
>
>     {
>
>         return strtobool(str, &rodata_enabled);
>
>     }
>
>     __setup("rodata=", set_debug_rodata);
>
>     #endif
>
> But now since CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=n, it is not defined
> here(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=n too).
>
> and arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c code is still using `rodata_enabled`. Is this a
> bug of the code? Or am I missing something?
>
> I can modify init/main.c and include/linux/init.h so that this
> rodata_enabled and related functions be defined regardless of these CONFIG
> values and make the errors go away, but I’m curious if this a kind of
> kernel bug raising compiler error.
>
> Any comment will be really appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Chan Kim
>
>
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RE: arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

[Chan Kim]

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Hi, Fabio,

I haven't ever written Kbuild rules but as far as I understand that message  "Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] [is] Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] && ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]" seems to say that we can see and enable/disable STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if and only if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is set to "yes" AND ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is set to "no".

Is it me that I'm misunderstanding the above-mentioned message from "make menuconfig"?

Yes I select or set options using make menuconfig. But this CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX was not settable in the menuconfig.(only appear in the search)

That’s why I set ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX to =n. This ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX was not settable through menuconfig either.

If the visibility condition is not met, the config menu for that config variable does not appear in the menuconfig window.

(The menu is not visible in the specified location, you can check it yourself. As you said, some menus become selectable when the condition is met and is meaningful)

 

Chan

 

From: FMDF <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 7:24 PM
To: Chan Kim <ckim@etri.re.kr>
Cc: kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

 

On Fri, 18 Mar 2022, 07:04 Chan Kim, <ckim@etri.re.kr <mailto:ckim@etri.re.kr> > wrote:

Hello all,

This is what I see when I search “KERNEL_RWX” during “make menuconfig” for arm64 kernel(5-10.0-rc5).  

The Kconfig file says CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is for setting text and rodata read-only.

     Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:928  

     Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT [=n]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:931   

 

     Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:937   

       Prompt: Make kernel text and rodata read-only   

       Depends on: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]   

       Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] && ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]   

       Location:   

     (1) -> General architecture-dependent options  

I wanted to try setting STRICT_KERNEL_RWX to =n. It says this option is visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y which is now =n.

Now I'm a bit confused... why do you say that "It says this option is visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y"?

 

I haven't ever written Kbuild rules but as far as I understand that message  "Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] [is] Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] && ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]" seems to say that we can see and enable/disable STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if and only if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is set to "yes" AND ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is set to "no".

 

Is it me that I'm misunderstanding the above-mentioned message from "make menuconfig"?

So I modified to ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX=y in arch/Kconfig line 928. (BTW, is it correct to modify this Kconfig file directly? I’m not sure at the moment)

For sure, I'd never do this. Why don't you simply use make menuconfig for enabling/disabling options? Options are strictly interrelated and largely  depend on others. Why do you want to bypass dependency checks?

Then I could see the STRICT_KERNEL_RWX menu in the menuconfig and I set it to =n as I wanted.  

But when I build the kernel, I see this errors. 

Again, if it's not me that I'm missing something, the following errors are simply explained by your weird way to enable/disable options.

 

Please correct me if I didn't get something that you wrote (I'm very tired now after a long night staying awoke :))

 

Regards,

 

Fabio M. De Francesco

 

    ckim@ckim-ubuntu:~/ProjX/LinuxDevDrv/kernel-release-RD-INFRA-2020.11.30$ <mailto:ckim@ckim-ubuntu:~/ProjX/LinuxDevDrv/kernel-release-RD-INFRA-2020.11.30$>  makeit

      CALL    scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh

      CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh

      CHK     include/generated/compile.h

      CC      arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'parse_rodata':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function)

      595 |  int ret = strtobool(arg, &rodata_enabled);

          |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_entry_trampoline':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:614:18: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function)

      614 |  pgprot_t prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX : PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;

          |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_kernel':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:669:23: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function)

      669 |  pgprot_t text_prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX : PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;

          |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:283: arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o] Error 1

    make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: arch/arm64/mm] Error 2

    make: *** [Makefile:1799: arch/arm64] Error 2

variable “rodata_enabled” is defined in init/main.c as below.

    #if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) || defined(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)

    bool rodata_enabled __ro_after_init = true;

    static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)

    {

        return strtobool(str, &rodata_enabled);

    }

    __setup("rodata=", set_debug_rodata);

    #endif

But now since CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=n, it is not defined here(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=n too). 

and arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c code is still using `rodata_enabled`. Is this a bug of the code? Or am I missing something?

I can modify init/main.c and include/linux/init.h so that this rodata_enabled and related functions be defined regardless of these CONFIG values and make the errors go away, but I’m curious if this a kind of kernel bug raising compiler error.

Any comment will be really appreciated.

Thank you!

 

Chan Kim

 

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RE: arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

[Chan Kim]

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Hello Fabio and all,

I realized what was wrong.

If I wanted to change ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX to =y, I should have changed it in my defconfig.

I’ve done doing that several times in the past but I temporarily forgot that.

After putting ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX=y in my xxx_defconfig (for my board), and reverting the source to the original, it builds ok.

(of course after you change something with menuconfig, and if you want to save that config, you should use ‘make savedefconfig’ and store that generated defconfig file as arch/arm64/configs/xxx_defconfig)

I think I don’t have to change the default setting for arm64 and there should be an error in my qemu code(this was to avoid an error during u-boot/linux test on qemu).

Chan

 

From: FMDF <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 7:24 PM
To: Chan Kim <ckim@etri.re.kr>
Cc: kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

 

On Fri, 18 Mar 2022, 07:04 Chan Kim, <ckim@etri.re.kr <mailto:ckim@etri.re.kr> > wrote:

Hello all,

This is what I see when I search “KERNEL_RWX” during “make menuconfig” for arm64 kernel(5-10.0-rc5).  

The Kconfig file says CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is for setting text and rodata read-only.

     Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:928  

     Symbol: ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT [=n]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:931   

 

     Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]   

     Type  : bool   

     Defined at arch/Kconfig:937   

       Prompt: Make kernel text and rodata read-only   

       Depends on: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y]   

       Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] && ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]   

       Location:   

     (1) -> General architecture-dependent options  

I wanted to try setting STRICT_KERNEL_RWX to =n. It says this option is visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y which is now =n.

Now I'm a bit confused... why do you say that "It says this option is visible when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is =y"?

 

I haven't ever written Kbuild rules but as far as I understand that message  "Symbol: STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] [is] Visible if: ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX [=y] && ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX [=n]" seems to say that we can see and enable/disable STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if and only if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is set to "yes" AND ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is set to "no".

 

Is it me that I'm misunderstanding the above-mentioned message from "make menuconfig"?

So I modified to ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX=y in arch/Kconfig line 928. (BTW, is it correct to modify this Kconfig file directly? I’m not sure at the moment)

For sure, I'd never do this. Why don't you simply use make menuconfig for enabling/disabling options? Options are strictly interrelated and largely  depend on others. Why do you want to bypass dependency checks?

Then I could see the STRICT_KERNEL_RWX menu in the menuconfig and I set it to =n as I wanted.  

But when I build the kernel, I see this errors. 

Again, if it's not me that I'm missing something, the following errors are simply explained by your weird way to enable/disable options.

 

Please correct me if I didn't get something that you wrote (I'm very tired now after a long night staying awoke :))

 

Regards,

 

Fabio M. De Francesco

 

    ckim@ckim-ubuntu:~/ProjX/LinuxDevDrv/kernel-release-RD-INFRA-2020.11.30$ <mailto:ckim@ckim-ubuntu:~/ProjX/LinuxDevDrv/kernel-release-RD-INFRA-2020.11.30$>  makeit

      CALL    scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh

      CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh

      CHK     include/generated/compile.h

      CC      arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'parse_rodata':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function)

      595 |  int ret = strtobool(arg, &rodata_enabled);

          |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:595:28: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_entry_trampoline':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:614:18: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function)

      614 |  pgprot_t prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX : PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;

          |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c: In function 'map_kernel':

    arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:669:23: error: 'rodata_enabled' undeclared (first use in this function)

      669 |  pgprot_t text_prot = rodata_enabled ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX : PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;

          |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:283: arch/arm64/mm/mmu.o] Error 1

    make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: arch/arm64/mm] Error 2

    make: *** [Makefile:1799: arch/arm64] Error 2

variable “rodata_enabled” is defined in init/main.c as below.

    #if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) || defined(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)

    bool rodata_enabled __ro_after_init = true;

    static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)

    {

        return strtobool(str, &rodata_enabled);

    }

    __setup("rodata=", set_debug_rodata);

    #endif

But now since CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=n, it is not defined here(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=n too). 

and arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c code is still using `rodata_enabled`. Is this a bug of the code? Or am I missing something?

I can modify init/main.c and include/linux/init.h so that this rodata_enabled and related functions be defined regardless of these CONFIG values and make the errors go away, but I’m curious if this a kind of kernel bug raising compiler error.

Any comment will be really appreciated.

Thank you!

 

Chan Kim

 

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Re: arm64 code looking for variable rodata_enabled when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX = n

[Pavel Skripkin]

Hi Chan,

On 3/18/22 09:03, Chan Kim wrote:
> Hello all,
> 

[...]

> 
> But now since CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=n, it is not defined
> here(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=n too).
> 
> and arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c code is still using `rodata_enabled`. Is this a bug
> of the code? Or am I missing something?
> 
>   

If arch specifies something in its Kconfig then arch code is not 
prepared to be built with modified configuration. Arch Kconfig is 
persistent, that means if you change it you should also change the code.

> I can modify init/main.c and include/linux/init.h so that this
> rodata_enabled and related functions be defined regardless of these CONFIG
> values and make the errors go away, but I'm curious if this a kind of kernel
> bug raising compiler error.
> 

It's not a kernel bug. You have misconfigured the kernel and faced 
compile error. Common case



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

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