From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
To: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@google.com>,
Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Subject: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH 02/30] ARM: assembler: introduce adr_l, ldr_l and str_l macros
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:18:59 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1708141217150.17016@knanqh.ubzr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170814155002.GV6321@e103592.cambridge.arm.com>
On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 04:38:02PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > That's a trick, actually, which I failed to add a comment for.
Shame shame shame !
> > We use .arm sections in the thumb2 kernel, and using these macros
> > there would result in the wrong offset to be used. Adding the .w
> > suffix forces an error in the assembler which even results in a fairly
> > meaningful error message complaining about using .w in ARM code.
>
> Ewww... I think it'd be best to add a comment explaining that.
Absolutely!
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-14 16:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-14 12:53 [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 00/30] implement KASLR for ARM Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 01/30] asm-generic: add .data.rel.ro sections to __ro_after_init Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 14:26 ` [kernel-hardening] " Arnd Bergmann
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 02/30] ARM: assembler: introduce adr_l, ldr_l and str_l macros Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 15:29 ` [kernel-hardening] " Dave Martin
2017-08-14 15:38 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 15:50 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-14 16:18 ` Nicolas Pitre [this message]
2017-08-14 16:22 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 16:33 ` Nicolas Pitre
2017-08-14 16:42 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-08-14 16:56 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 15:32 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-14 15:40 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 15:53 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 03/30] ARM: head-common.S: use PC-relative insn sequence for __proc_info Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 04/30] ARM: head-common.S: use PC-relative insn sequence for idmap creation Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 05/30] ARM: head.S: use PC-relative insn sequence for secondary_data Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 06/30] ARM: kernel: use relative references for UP/SMP alternatives Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 07/30] ARM: head: use PC-relative insn sequence for __smp_alt Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 08/30] ARM: sleep.S: use PC-relative insn sequence for sleep_save_sp/mpidr_hash Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 09/30] ARM: head.S: use PC-relative insn sequences for __fixup_pv_table Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 10/30] ARM: head.S: use PC relative insn sequence to calculate PHYS_OFFSET Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 11/30] ARM: kvm: replace open coded VA->PA calculations with adr_l call Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 12/30] arm-soc: exynos: replace open coded VA->PA conversions Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 13/30] arm-soc: mvebu: replace open coded VA->PA conversion Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 14/30] arm-soc: various: replace open coded VA->PA calculation of pen_release Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 15/30] ARM: kernel: switch to relative exception tables Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 16/30] ARM: kernel: use relative phys-to-virt patch tables Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 17/30] arm-soc: tegra: make sleep asm code runtime relocatable Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 14:42 ` [kernel-hardening] " Dave Martin
2017-08-14 14:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 15:29 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-14 12:53 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 18/30] ARM: kernel: make vmlinux buildable as a PIE executable Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 19/30] ARM: kernel: use PC-relative symbol references in MMU switch code Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 20/30] ARM: kernel: use PC relative symbol references in suspend/resume code Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 16:02 ` [kernel-hardening] " Nicolas Pitre
2017-08-14 18:14 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 18:37 ` Nicolas Pitre
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 21/30] ARM: mm: export default vmalloc base address Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 22/30] ARM: kernel: refer to swapper_pg_dir via its symbol Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 23/30] ARM: kernel: implement randomization of the kernel load address Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 24/30] ARM: decompressor: explicitly map decompressor binary cacheable Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 25/30] ARM: compressed: factor out zImage header and make it extensible Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 26/30] ARM: decompressor: add KASLR support Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 27/30] efi/libstub: add 'max' parameter to efi_random_alloc() Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 28/30] efi/libstub: check for vmalloc= command line argument Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 29/30] efi/libstub: arm: reserve bootloader supplied initrd in memory map Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-18 11:48 ` [kernel-hardening] " Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-21 10:37 ` Mark Rutland
2017-08-21 10:39 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 12:54 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 30/30] efi/libstub: arm: implement KASLR Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 15:30 ` [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH 00/30] implement KASLR for ARM Arnd Bergmann
2017-08-14 15:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 16:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-08-14 16:28 ` Nicolas Pitre
2017-08-14 17:28 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 18:01 ` Nicolas Pitre
2017-08-14 18:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-08-14 16:16 ` Nicolas Pitre
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