diff mbox series

[3/5] efi/x86: Remove __efistub_global annotation

Message ID 20200415221520.2692512-4-nivedita@alum.mit.edu (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Headers show
Series efi: Remove __efistub_global annotation | expand

Commit Message

Arvind Sankar April 15, 2020, 10:15 p.m. UTC
Instead of using __efistub_global to force variables into the .data
section, leave them in the .bss but pull the EFI stub's .bss section
into .data in the linker script for the compressed kernel.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S |  1 +
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile  | 12 ++++++++++--
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h |  4 ----
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Ard Biesheuvel April 16, 2020, 7:51 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 00:15, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Instead of using __efistub_global to force variables into the .data
> section, leave them in the .bss but pull the EFI stub's .bss section
> into .data in the linker script for the compressed kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>

With the R_386_32/R_X86_64_64 check folded in:

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S |  1 +
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile  | 12 ++++++++++--
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h |  4 ----
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 508cfa6828c5..0dc5c2b9614b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
>                 _data = . ;
>                 *(.data)
>                 *(.data.*)
> +               *(.bss.efistub)
>                 _edata = . ;
>         }
>         . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> index e5e76677f2da..0bb2916eb12b 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ CFLAGS_arm64-stub.o           := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
>  # a verification pass to see if any absolute relocations exist in any of the
>  # object files.
>  #
> -extra-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)    := $(lib-y)
> -lib-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)      := $(patsubst %.o,%.stub.o,$(lib-y))
> +extra-y        := $(lib-y)
> +lib-y  := $(patsubst %.o,%.stub.o,$(lib-y))
>
>  STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM64) += --prefix-alloc-sections=.init \
>                                    --prefix-symbols=__efistub_
> @@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM) += --rename-section .data=.data.efistub \
>                                    --rename-section .bss=.bss.efistub,load,alloc
>  STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_ARM)   := R_ARM_ABS
>
> +#
> +# For x86, bootloaders like systemd-boot or grub-efi do not zero-initialize the
> +# .bss section, so the .bss section of the EFI stub needs to be included in the
> +# .data section of the compressed kernel to ensure initialization. Rename the
> +# .bss section here so it's easy to pick out in the linker script.
> +#
> +STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_X86)   += --rename-section .bss=.bss.efistub,load,alloc
> +
>  $(obj)/%.stub.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
>         $(call if_changed,stubcopy)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
> index a92d42ffd9f7..49651e20bb9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
> @@ -25,11 +25,7 @@
>  #define EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN                EFI_PAGE_SIZE
>  #endif
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
> -#define __efistub_global       __section(.data)
> -#else
>  #define __efistub_global
> -#endif
>
>  extern bool __pure nochunk(void);
>  extern bool __pure nokaslr(void);
> --
> 2.24.1
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 508cfa6828c5..0dc5c2b9614b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@  SECTIONS
 		_data = . ;
 		*(.data)
 		*(.data.*)
+		*(.bss.efistub)
 		_edata = . ;
 	}
 	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index e5e76677f2da..0bb2916eb12b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@  CFLAGS_arm64-stub.o		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 # a verification pass to see if any absolute relocations exist in any of the
 # object files.
 #
-extra-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	:= $(lib-y)
-lib-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	:= $(patsubst %.o,%.stub.o,$(lib-y))
+extra-y	:= $(lib-y)
+lib-y	:= $(patsubst %.o,%.stub.o,$(lib-y))
 
 STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM64)	+= --prefix-alloc-sections=.init \
 				   --prefix-symbols=__efistub_
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@  STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM)	+= --rename-section .data=.data.efistub	\
 				   --rename-section .bss=.bss.efistub,load,alloc
 STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_ARM)	:= R_ARM_ABS
 
+#
+# For x86, bootloaders like systemd-boot or grub-efi do not zero-initialize the
+# .bss section, so the .bss section of the EFI stub needs to be included in the
+# .data section of the compressed kernel to ensure initialization. Rename the
+# .bss section here so it's easy to pick out in the linker script.
+#
+STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_X86)	+= --rename-section .bss=.bss.efistub,load,alloc
+
 $(obj)/%.stub.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,stubcopy)
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
index a92d42ffd9f7..49651e20bb9f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ 
 #define EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN		EFI_PAGE_SIZE
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
-#define __efistub_global	__section(.data)
-#else
 #define __efistub_global
-#endif
 
 extern bool __pure nochunk(void);
 extern bool __pure nokaslr(void);