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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [PATCH] AARCH64: Add gcc Shadow Call Stack support
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On 2/22/22 10:47, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 01:57:36AM -0800, Dan Li wrote:
>> Shadow call stack is available in GCC > 11.2.0, this patch makes
>> the corresponding kernel configuration available when compiling
>> the kernel with gcc.
>
> Neat!
>
> My local GCC devs told me that means GCC 12.x.x rather than 11.2.x or
> 11.3.x, so as others have said it'd be clearer to say `GCC >= 12.0.0`.
>

Ah, yes, I just saw this flag in gcc/BASE-VER.

> I'd like to try this with a GCC binary before I provide an Ack or R-b;
> but in the mean time I have a few comments below.
>

Thanks for your test, Mark.
Please let me know if there is any issues :)

>> ---
>> FYI:
>> This function can be used to test if the shadow call stack works:
>> //noinline void __noscs scs_test(void)
>> noinline void scs_test(void)
>> {
>> register unsigned long *sp asm("sp");
>> unsigned long * lr = sp + 1;
>>
>> asm volatile("":::"x30");
>> *lr = 0;
>> }
>
> It's probably be better to use __builtin_frame_address(0) to get the
> address of the frame record rather than assuming that fp==sp in the
> middle of the function.
>

Got it.

>> config SHADOW_CALL_STACK
>> - bool "Clang Shadow Call Stack"
>> - depends on CC_IS_CLANG && ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
>> + bool "Shadow Call Stack"
>> + depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
>> depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || !FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
>> help
>> - This option enables Clang's Shadow Call Stack, which uses a
>> + This option enables Clang/GCC's Shadow Call Stack, which uses a
>> shadow stack to protect function return addresses from being
>> overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found in
>> Clang's documentation:
>
> Is there any additional GCC documentation that we can refer to?
>

Currently there is only a brief description of
-fsanitize=shadow-call-stack in the user manual.

Since the description of the clang documentation is more detailed, should
I add this gcc link to the configuration description?

Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Instrumentation-Options.html#Instrumentation-Options

>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> index 09b885cc4db5..a48a604301aa 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> @@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ config HW_PERF_EVENTS
>> config ARCH_HAS_FILTER_PGPROT
>> def_bool y
>>
>> -# Supported by clang >= 7.0
>> +# Supported by clang >= 7.0 or GCC > 11.2.0
>
> As above, I beleive that should be `GCC >= 12.0.0`.
>

Yeah.

Thanks,
Dan.

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