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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 0/3] Introduce 64b relocatable kernel
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Le 18/05/2021 à 12:12, Alexandre Ghiti a écrit :
> After multiple attempts, this patchset is now based on the fact that the
> 64b kernel mapping was moved outside the linear mapping.
>
> The first patch allows to build relocatable kernels but is not selected
> by default. That patch should ease KASLR implementation a lot.
> The second and third patches take advantage of an already existing powerpc
> script that checks relocations at compile-time, and uses it for riscv.

@Palmer, any thought about that? There are no users for now, do you want
to wait for a KASLR implementation to use it before merging this? If so,
I can work on a KASLR implementation based on older implementation from
Zong.

Thanks,

>
> This patchset was tested on:
>
> * kernel:
> - rv32: OK
> - rv64 with RELOCATABLE: OK and checked that "suspicious" relocations are caught.
> - rv64 without RELOCATABLE: OK
> - powerpc: build only and checked that "suspicious" relocations are caught.
>
> * xipkernel:
> - rv32: build only
> - rv64: OK
>
> * nommukernel:
> - rv64: build only
>
> Changes in v6:
> * Remove the kernel move to vmalloc zone
> * Rebased on top of for-next
> * Remove relocatable property from 32b kernel as the kernel is mapped in
> the linear mapping and would then need to be copied physically too
> * CONFIG_RELOCATABLE depends on !XIP_KERNEL
> * Remove Reviewed-by from first patch as it changed a bit
>
> Changes in v5:
> * Add "static __init" to create_kernel_page_table function as reported by
> Kbuild test robot
> * Add reviewed-by from Zong
> * Rebase onto v5.7
>
> Changes in v4:
> * Fix BPF region that overlapped with kernel's as suggested by Zong
> * Fix end of module region that could be larger than 2GB as suggested by Zong
> * Fix the size of the vm area reserved for the kernel as we could lose
> PMD_SIZE if the size was already aligned on PMD_SIZE
> * Split compile time relocations check patch into 2 patches as suggested by Anup
> * Applied Reviewed-by from Zong and Anup
>
> Changes in v3:
> * Move kernel mapping to vmalloc
>
> Changes in v2:
> * Make RELOCATABLE depend on MMU as suggested by Anup
> * Rename kernel_load_addr into kernel_virt_addr as suggested by Anup
> * Use __pa_symbol instead of __pa, as suggested by Zong
> * Rebased on top of v5.6-rc3
> * Tested with sv48 patchset
> * Add Reviewed/Tested-by from Zong and Anup
>
> Alexandre Ghiti (3):
> riscv: Introduce CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
> powerpc: Move script to check relocations at compile time in scripts/
> riscv: Check relocations at compile time
>
> arch/powerpc/tools/relocs_check.sh | 18 ++--------
> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 12 +++++++
> arch/riscv/Makefile | 5 ++-
> arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 6 ++++
> arch/riscv/mm/Makefile | 4 +++
> arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> arch/riscv/tools/relocs_check.sh | 26 +++++++++++++++
> scripts/relocs_check.sh | 20 +++++++++++
> 9 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
> create mode 100755 arch/riscv/tools/relocs_check.sh
> create mode 100755 scripts/relocs_check.sh
>

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