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Ard Biesheuvel cba786af84 x86/purgatory: Switch to the position-independent small code model 
On x86, the ordinary, position dependent small and kernel code models
only support placement of the executable in 32-bit addressable memory,
due to the use of 32-bit signed immediates to generate references to
global variables. For the kernel, this implies that all global variables
must reside in the top 2 GiB of the kernel virtual address space, where
the implicit address bits 63:32 are equal to sign bit 31.

This means the kernel code model is not suitable for other bare metal
executables such as the kexec purgatory, which can be placed arbitrarily
in the physical address space, where its address may no longer be
representable as a sign extended 32-bit quantity. For this reason,
commit

  e16c2983fb ("x86/purgatory: Change compiler flags from -mcmodel=kernel to -mcmodel=large to fix kexec relocation errors")

switched to the large code model, which uses 64-bit immediates for all
symbol references, including function calls, in order to avoid relying
on any assumptions regarding proximity of symbols in the final
executable.

The large code model is rarely used, clunky and the least likely to
operate in a similar fashion when comparing GCC and Clang, so it is best
avoided. This is especially true now that Clang 18 has started to emit
executable code in two separate sections (.text and .ltext), which
triggers an issue in the kexec loading code at runtime.

The SUSE bugzilla fixes tag points to gcc 13 having issues with the
large model too and that perhaps the large model should simply not be
used at all.

Instead, use the position independent small code model, which makes no
assumptions about placement but only about proximity, where all
referenced symbols must be within -/+ 2 GiB, i.e., in range for a
RIP-relative reference. Use hidden visibility to suppress the use of a
GOT, which carries absolute addresses that are not covered by static ELF
relocations, and is therefore incompatible with the kexec loader's
relocation logic.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Fixes: e16c2983fb ("x86/purgatory: Change compiler flags from -mcmodel=kernel to -mcmodel=large to fix kexec relocation errors")
Fixes: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211853
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2016
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
Acked-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417-x86-fix-kexec-with-llvm-18-v1-0-5383121e8fb7@kernel.org/
History 2024-04-20 18:54:59 +02:00
arch x86/purgatory: Switch to the position-independent small code model 2024-04-20 18:54:59 +02:00
block Revert "dm: use queue_limits_set" 2024-03-11 17:11:28 -07:00
certs This update includes the following changes: 2023-11-02 16:15:30 -10:00
crypto crypto: lskcipher - Copy IV in lskcipher glue code always 2024-02-24 08:37:24 +08:00
Documentation x86/boot changes for v6.9: 2024-03-12 09:58:57 -07:00
drivers x86/boot changes for v6.9: 2024-03-12 09:58:57 -07:00
fs for-6.9/block-20240310 2024-03-11 11:43:44 -07:00
include vmlinux.lds.h: Fix a typo in comment 2024-03-13 11:29:10 +01:00
init Misc cleanups, including a large series from Thomas Gleixner to 2024-03-11 19:37:56 -07:00
io_uring for-6.9/io_uring-20240310 2024-03-11 11:35:31 -07:00
ipc shm: Slim down dependencies 2023-12-20 19:26:31 -05:00
kernel Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
lib Locking changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 18:33:03 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm vfs-6.9.uuid 2024-03-11 11:02:06 -07:00
net Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
rust workqueue: Changes for v6.9 2024-03-11 12:50:42 -07:00
samples work around gcc bugs with 'asm goto' with outputs 2024-02-09 15:57:48 -08:00
scripts Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
security integrity-v6.8-fix 2024-03-05 13:21:30 -08:00
sound ASoC: Fixes for v6.8 2024-03-08 08:53:36 +01:00
tools Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
usr Kbuild updates for v6.8 2024-01-18 17:57:07 -08:00
virt KVM: Make KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD mutually exclusive with KVM_MEM_READONLY 2024-02-22 17:07:06 -08:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.7-rc4's for_each macro list 2023-12-08 23:54:38 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig file for basic formatting 2023-12-28 16:22:47 +09:00
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore Add .editorconfig file for basic formatting 2023-12-28 16:22:47 +09:00
.mailmap drm fixes for 6.8 final 2024-03-08 12:44:56 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS vfs-6.9.ntfs 2024-03-11 09:55:17 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS - Add a FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) memory poison manager which 2024-03-11 18:14:06 -07:00
Makefile Rust changes for v6.9 2024-03-11 12:31:28 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.