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[XEN] automation/eclair_analysis: address violations of Rule 18.2

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Series [XEN] automation/eclair_analysis: address violations of Rule 18.2 | expand

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Nicola Vetrini Sept. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m. UTC
MISRA C Rule 18.2 states: "Subtraction between pointers shall
only be applied to pointers that address elements of the same array".

Subtractions between pointer where at least one symbol is a
symbol defined by the linker are safe and thus deviated, because
the compiler cannot exploit the undefined behaviour that would
arise from violating the rules in this case.

To create an ECLAIR configuration that contains the list of
linker-defined symbols, the script "linker-symbols.sh" is used
after a build of xen (without static analysis) is performed.
The generated file "linker_symbols.ecl" is then used as part of the
static analysis configuration.

Additional changes to the ECLAIR integration are:
- perform a build of xen without static analysis during prepare.sh
- run the scripts to generated ECL configuration during the prepare.sh,
  rather than analysis.sh
- export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT earlier, to allow such generation

Additionally, the macro page_to_mfn performs a subtraction that is safe,
so its uses are deviated.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@bugseng.com>
---
Macro page_to_pdx is also the cause of some caution reports:
perhaps that should be deviated as well, since its definition is very
similar to page_to_mfn.

Relevant CI runs:

- arm64: https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/ARM64/7754928624/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html

- x86_64: https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
- x86_64 (without page_to_pdx reports): https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html#{"select":true,"selection":{"hiddenAreaKinds":[],"hiddenSubareaKinds":[],"show":false,"selector":{"enabled":true,"negated":false,"kind":0,"domain":"message","inputs":[{"enabled":true,"text":"^.*expanded from macro `page_to_pdx'"}]}}}
---
 automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh  |  6 ----
 .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl     | 11 +++++++
 .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh    |  3 ++
 .../ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh         | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh         |  6 +++-
 automation/scripts/eclair                     |  3 ++
 docs/misra/deviations.rst                     | 10 ++++++
 7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh

--
2.43.0

Comments

Stefano Stabellini Sept. 5, 2024, 10:55 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 5 Sep 2024, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
> MISRA C Rule 18.2 states: "Subtraction between pointers shall
> only be applied to pointers that address elements of the same array".
> 
> Subtractions between pointer where at least one symbol is a
> symbol defined by the linker are safe and thus deviated, because
> the compiler cannot exploit the undefined behaviour that would
> arise from violating the rules in this case.
> 
> To create an ECLAIR configuration that contains the list of
> linker-defined symbols, the script "linker-symbols.sh" is used
> after a build of xen (without static analysis) is performed.
> The generated file "linker_symbols.ecl" is then used as part of the
> static analysis configuration.
> 
> Additional changes to the ECLAIR integration are:
> - perform a build of xen without static analysis during prepare.sh
> - run the scripts to generated ECL configuration during the prepare.sh,
>   rather than analysis.sh
> - export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT earlier, to allow such generation
> 
> Additionally, the macro page_to_mfn performs a subtraction that is safe,
> so its uses are deviated.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@bugseng.com>

Very nice!

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>


> ---
> Macro page_to_pdx is also the cause of some caution reports:
> perhaps that should be deviated as well, since its definition is very
> similar to page_to_mfn.
> 
> Relevant CI runs:
> 
> - arm64: https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/ARM64/7754928624/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
> 
> - x86_64: https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
> - x86_64 (without page_to_pdx reports): https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html#{"select":true,"selection":{"hiddenAreaKinds":[],"hiddenSubareaKinds":[],"show":false,"selector":{"enabled":true,"negated":false,"kind":0,"domain":"message","inputs":[{"enabled":true,"text":"^.*expanded from macro `page_to_pdx'"}]}}}
> ---
>  automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh  |  6 ----
>  .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl     | 11 +++++++
>  .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh    |  3 ++
>  .../ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh         | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
>  automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh         |  6 +++-
>  automation/scripts/eclair                     |  3 ++
>  docs/misra/deviations.rst                     | 10 ++++++
>  7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh
> 
> diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh
> index e96456c3c18d..1dc63c1bc2d0 100755
> --- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh
> +++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh
> @@ -73,17 +73,11 @@ export ECLAIR_WORKSPACE="${ECLAIR_DATA_DIR}/eclair_workspace"
> 
>  # Identifies the particular build of the project.
>  export ECLAIR_PROJECT_NAME="XEN_${VARIANT}-${SET}"
> -# All paths mentioned in ECLAIR reports that are below this directory
> -# will be presented as relative to ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT.
> -export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT="${PWD}"
> 
>  # Erase and recreate the output directory and the data directory.
>  rm -rf "${ECLAIR_OUTPUT_DIR:?}/*"
>  mkdir -p "${ECLAIR_DATA_DIR}"
> 
> -# Generate additional configuration files
> -"${SCRIPT_DIR}/generate_ecl.sh"
> -
>  # Perform the build (from scratch) in an ECLAIR environment.
>  "${ECLAIR_BIN_DIR}eclair_env" \
>      "-config_file='${SCRIPT_DIR}/analysis.ecl'" \
> diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
> index 9051f4160282..a56805a993cd 100644
> --- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
> +++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
> @@ -533,6 +533,17 @@ safe."
>  # Series 18.
>  #
> 
> +-doc_begin="Subtractions between pointers involving at least one of the linker symbols specified by the regex below
> +are guaranteed not to be exploited by a compiler that relies on the absence of
> +C99 Undefined Behaviour 45: Pointers that do not point into, or just beyond, the same array object are subtracted (6.5.6)."
> +-eval_file=linker_symbols.ecl
> +-config=MC3R1.R18.2,reports+={safe, "any_area(stmt(operator(sub)&&child(lhs||rhs, skip(__non_syntactic_paren_stmts, ref(linker_symbols)))))"}
> +-doc_end
> +
> +-doc_begin="The following macro performs a subtraction between pointers to obtain the mfn, but does not lead to undefined behaviour."
> +-config=MC3R1.R18.2,reports+={safe, "any_area(any_loc(any_exp(macro(^page_to_mfn$))))"}
> +-doc_end
> +
>  -doc_begin="Flexible array members are deliberately used and XEN developers are aware of the dangers related to them:
>  unexpected result when the structure is given as argument to a sizeof() operator and the truncation in assignment between structures."
>  -config=MC3R1.R18.7,reports+={deliberate, "any()"}
> diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh
> index 66766b23abb7..f421a4a16a6c 100755
> --- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh
> +++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh
> @@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ accepted_rst="${ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT}/docs/misra/rules.rst"
> 
>  # Generate accepted guidelines
>  "${script_dir}/accepted_guidelines.sh" "${accepted_rst}"
> +
> +# Generate the list of linker-defined symbols (must be run after a Xen build)
> +"${script_dir}/generate_linker_symbols.sh"
> diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..19943ba98d46
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +#!/bin/bash
> +
> +set -e
> +
> +script_name="$(basename "$0")"
> +script_dir="$(
> +  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
> +  echo "${PWD}"
> +)"
> +
> +fatal() {
> +  echo "${script_name}: $*" >&2
> +  exit 1
> +}
> +
> +arch=""
> +if [ "${XEN_TARGET_ARCH}" == "x86_64" ]; then
> +  arch=x86
> +elif [ "${XEN_TARGET_ARCH}" == "arm64" ]; then
> +  arch=arm
> +else
> +  fatal "Unknown configuration: $1"
> +fi
> +
> +outfile=${script_dir}/linker_symbols.ecl
> +
> +(
> +  echo -n "-decl_selector+={linker_symbols, \"^(" >"${outfile}"
> +  "${script_dir}/../linker-symbols.sh" "${arch}" | sort -u | tr '\n' '|' | sed '$ s/|//' >>"${outfile}"
> +  echo -n ")$\"}" >>"${outfile}"
> +)
> diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh
> index 47b2a2f32a84..3a646414a392 100755
> --- a/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh
> +++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh
> @@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ fi
>      cp "${CONFIG_FILE}" xen/.config
>      make clean
>      find . -type f -name "*.safparse" -print -delete
> +    "${script_dir}/build.sh" "$1"
> +    # Generate additional configuration files
> +    "${script_dir}/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh"
> +    make clean
>      cd xen
>      make -f "${script_dir}/Makefile.prepare" prepare
>      # Translate the /* SAF-n-safe */ comments into ECLAIR CBTs
>      scripts/xen-analysis.py --run-eclair --no-build --no-clean
>      # Translate function-properties.json into ECLAIR properties
> -    python3 ${script_dir}/propertyparser.py
> +    python3 "${script_dir}/propertyparser.py"
>  )
> diff --git a/automation/scripts/eclair b/automation/scripts/eclair
> index 3ec760bab8b3..0a2353c20a92 100755
> --- a/automation/scripts/eclair
> +++ b/automation/scripts/eclair
> @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
>  ECLAIR_ANALYSIS_DIR=automation/eclair_analysis
>  ECLAIR_DIR="${ECLAIR_ANALYSIS_DIR}/ECLAIR"
>  ECLAIR_OUTPUT_DIR=$(realpath "${ECLAIR_OUTPUT_DIR}")
> +# All paths mentioned in ECLAIR reports that are below this directory
> +# will be presented as relative to ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT.
> +export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT="${PWD}"
> 
>  "${ECLAIR_ANALYSIS_DIR}/prepare.sh" "${VARIANT}"
> 
> diff --git a/docs/misra/deviations.rst b/docs/misra/deviations.rst
> index b66c271c4e7c..39cd1de1e5b2 100644
> --- a/docs/misra/deviations.rst
> +++ b/docs/misra/deviations.rst
> @@ -501,6 +501,16 @@ Deviations related to MISRA C:2012 Rules:
>           - __builtin_memset()
>           - cpumask_check()
> 
> +   * - R18.2
> +     - Subtractions between pointers where at least one of the operand is a
> +       pointer to a symbol defined by the linker are safe.
> +     - Tagged as `safe` for ECLAIR.
> +
> +   * - R18.2
> +     - Subtraction between pointers encapsulated by macro page_to_mfn
> +       are safe.
> +     - Tagged as `safe` for ECLAIR.
> +
>     * - R20.4
>       - The override of the keyword \"inline\" in xen/compiler.h is present so
>         that section contents checks pass when the compiler chooses not to
> --
> 2.43.0
>
Jan Beulich Sept. 6, 2024, 6:03 a.m. UTC | #2
On 05.09.2024 18:37, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
> MISRA C Rule 18.2 states: "Subtraction between pointers shall
> only be applied to pointers that address elements of the same array".
> 
> Subtractions between pointer where at least one symbol is a
> symbol defined by the linker are safe and thus deviated, because
> the compiler cannot exploit the undefined behaviour that would
> arise from violating the rules in this case.
> 
> To create an ECLAIR configuration that contains the list of
> linker-defined symbols, the script "linker-symbols.sh" is used
> after a build of xen (without static analysis) is performed.
> The generated file "linker_symbols.ecl" is then used as part of the
> static analysis configuration.
> 
> Additional changes to the ECLAIR integration are:
> - perform a build of xen without static analysis during prepare.sh
> - run the scripts to generated ECL configuration during the prepare.sh,
>   rather than analysis.sh
> - export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT earlier, to allow such generation
> 
> Additionally, the macro page_to_mfn performs a subtraction that is safe,
> so its uses are deviated.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@bugseng.com>
> ---
> Macro page_to_pdx is also the cause of some caution reports:
> perhaps that should be deviated as well, since its definition is very
> similar to page_to_mfn.
> 
> Relevant CI runs:
> 
> - arm64: https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/ARM64/7754928624/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
> 
> - x86_64: https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
> - x86_64 (without page_to_pdx reports): https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html#{"select":true,"selection":{"hiddenAreaKinds":[],"hiddenSubareaKinds":[],"show":false,"selector":{"enabled":true,"negated":false,"kind":0,"domain":"message","inputs":[{"enabled":true,"text":"^.*expanded from macro `page_to_pdx'"}]}}}
> ---
>  automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh  |  6 ----
>  .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl     | 11 +++++++
>  .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh    |  3 ++
>  .../ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh         | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
>  automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh         |  6 +++-
>  automation/scripts/eclair                     |  3 ++
>  docs/misra/deviations.rst                     | 10 ++++++
>  7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh

Nit: Dashes instead of underscores in names of new files, please.

Jan
Nicola Vetrini Sept. 6, 2024, 7:14 a.m. UTC | #3
On 2024-09-06 08:03, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 05.09.2024 18:37, Nicola Vetrini wrote:
>> MISRA C Rule 18.2 states: "Subtraction between pointers shall
>> only be applied to pointers that address elements of the same array".
>> 
>> Subtractions between pointer where at least one symbol is a
>> symbol defined by the linker are safe and thus deviated, because
>> the compiler cannot exploit the undefined behaviour that would
>> arise from violating the rules in this case.
>> 
>> To create an ECLAIR configuration that contains the list of
>> linker-defined symbols, the script "linker-symbols.sh" is used
>> after a build of xen (without static analysis) is performed.
>> The generated file "linker_symbols.ecl" is then used as part of the
>> static analysis configuration.
>> 
>> Additional changes to the ECLAIR integration are:
>> - perform a build of xen without static analysis during prepare.sh
>> - run the scripts to generated ECL configuration during the 
>> prepare.sh,
>>   rather than analysis.sh
>> - export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT earlier, to allow such generation
>> 
>> Additionally, the macro page_to_mfn performs a subtraction that is 
>> safe,
>> so its uses are deviated.
>> 
>> No functional changes.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@bugseng.com>
>> ---
>> Macro page_to_pdx is also the cause of some caution reports:
>> perhaps that should be deviated as well, since its definition is very
>> similar to page_to_mfn.
>> 
>> Relevant CI runs:
>> 
>> - arm64: 
>> https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/ARM64/7754928624/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
>> 
>> - x86_64: 
>> https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html
>> - x86_64 (without page_to_pdx reports): 
>> https://saas.eclairit.com:3787/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/bugseng/xen/ECLAIR_normal/MC3R1.R18.2/X86_64/7754928613/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service/MC3R1.R18.2.html#{"select":true,"selection":{"hiddenAreaKinds":[],"hiddenSubareaKinds":[],"show":false,"selector":{"enabled":true,"negated":false,"kind":0,"domain":"message","inputs":[{"enabled":true,"text":"^.*expanded 
>> from macro `page_to_pdx'"}]}}}
>> ---
>>  automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh  |  6 ----
>>  .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl     | 11 +++++++
>>  .../eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh    |  3 ++
>>  .../ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh         | 31 
>> +++++++++++++++++++
>>  automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh         |  6 +++-
>>  automation/scripts/eclair                     |  3 ++
>>  docs/misra/deviations.rst                     | 10 ++++++
>>  7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100755 
>> automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh
> 
> Nit: Dashes instead of underscores in names of new files, please.
> 
> Jan

Thanks. Perhaps is will be a good idea to make a follow-up patch to use 
dashes consistently.
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Patch

diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh
index e96456c3c18d..1dc63c1bc2d0 100755
--- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh
+++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/analyze.sh
@@ -73,17 +73,11 @@  export ECLAIR_WORKSPACE="${ECLAIR_DATA_DIR}/eclair_workspace"

 # Identifies the particular build of the project.
 export ECLAIR_PROJECT_NAME="XEN_${VARIANT}-${SET}"
-# All paths mentioned in ECLAIR reports that are below this directory
-# will be presented as relative to ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT.
-export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT="${PWD}"

 # Erase and recreate the output directory and the data directory.
 rm -rf "${ECLAIR_OUTPUT_DIR:?}/*"
 mkdir -p "${ECLAIR_DATA_DIR}"

-# Generate additional configuration files
-"${SCRIPT_DIR}/generate_ecl.sh"
-
 # Perform the build (from scratch) in an ECLAIR environment.
 "${ECLAIR_BIN_DIR}eclair_env" \
     "-config_file='${SCRIPT_DIR}/analysis.ecl'" \
diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
index 9051f4160282..a56805a993cd 100644
--- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
+++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
@@ -533,6 +533,17 @@  safe."
 # Series 18.
 #

+-doc_begin="Subtractions between pointers involving at least one of the linker symbols specified by the regex below
+are guaranteed not to be exploited by a compiler that relies on the absence of
+C99 Undefined Behaviour 45: Pointers that do not point into, or just beyond, the same array object are subtracted (6.5.6)."
+-eval_file=linker_symbols.ecl
+-config=MC3R1.R18.2,reports+={safe, "any_area(stmt(operator(sub)&&child(lhs||rhs, skip(__non_syntactic_paren_stmts, ref(linker_symbols)))))"}
+-doc_end
+
+-doc_begin="The following macro performs a subtraction between pointers to obtain the mfn, but does not lead to undefined behaviour."
+-config=MC3R1.R18.2,reports+={safe, "any_area(any_loc(any_exp(macro(^page_to_mfn$))))"}
+-doc_end
+
 -doc_begin="Flexible array members are deliberately used and XEN developers are aware of the dangers related to them:
 unexpected result when the structure is given as argument to a sizeof() operator and the truncation in assignment between structures."
 -config=MC3R1.R18.7,reports+={deliberate, "any()"}
diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh
index 66766b23abb7..f421a4a16a6c 100755
--- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh
+++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@  accepted_rst="${ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT}/docs/misra/rules.rst"

 # Generate accepted guidelines
 "${script_dir}/accepted_guidelines.sh" "${accepted_rst}"
+
+# Generate the list of linker-defined symbols (must be run after a Xen build)
+"${script_dir}/generate_linker_symbols.sh"
diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..19943ba98d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/generate_linker_symbols.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ 
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+script_name="$(basename "$0")"
+script_dir="$(
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+  echo "${PWD}"
+)"
+
+fatal() {
+  echo "${script_name}: $*" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+arch=""
+if [ "${XEN_TARGET_ARCH}" == "x86_64" ]; then
+  arch=x86
+elif [ "${XEN_TARGET_ARCH}" == "arm64" ]; then
+  arch=arm
+else
+  fatal "Unknown configuration: $1"
+fi
+
+outfile=${script_dir}/linker_symbols.ecl
+
+(
+  echo -n "-decl_selector+={linker_symbols, \"^(" >"${outfile}"
+  "${script_dir}/../linker-symbols.sh" "${arch}" | sort -u | tr '\n' '|' | sed '$ s/|//' >>"${outfile}"
+  echo -n ")$\"}" >>"${outfile}"
+)
diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh b/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh
index 47b2a2f32a84..3a646414a392 100755
--- a/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh
+++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/prepare.sh
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@  fi
     cp "${CONFIG_FILE}" xen/.config
     make clean
     find . -type f -name "*.safparse" -print -delete
+    "${script_dir}/build.sh" "$1"
+    # Generate additional configuration files
+    "${script_dir}/ECLAIR/generate_ecl.sh"
+    make clean
     cd xen
     make -f "${script_dir}/Makefile.prepare" prepare
     # Translate the /* SAF-n-safe */ comments into ECLAIR CBTs
     scripts/xen-analysis.py --run-eclair --no-build --no-clean
     # Translate function-properties.json into ECLAIR properties
-    python3 ${script_dir}/propertyparser.py
+    python3 "${script_dir}/propertyparser.py"
 )
diff --git a/automation/scripts/eclair b/automation/scripts/eclair
index 3ec760bab8b3..0a2353c20a92 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/eclair
+++ b/automation/scripts/eclair
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ 
 ECLAIR_ANALYSIS_DIR=automation/eclair_analysis
 ECLAIR_DIR="${ECLAIR_ANALYSIS_DIR}/ECLAIR"
 ECLAIR_OUTPUT_DIR=$(realpath "${ECLAIR_OUTPUT_DIR}")
+# All paths mentioned in ECLAIR reports that are below this directory
+# will be presented as relative to ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT.
+export ECLAIR_PROJECT_ROOT="${PWD}"

 "${ECLAIR_ANALYSIS_DIR}/prepare.sh" "${VARIANT}"

diff --git a/docs/misra/deviations.rst b/docs/misra/deviations.rst
index b66c271c4e7c..39cd1de1e5b2 100644
--- a/docs/misra/deviations.rst
+++ b/docs/misra/deviations.rst
@@ -501,6 +501,16 @@  Deviations related to MISRA C:2012 Rules:
          - __builtin_memset()
          - cpumask_check()

+   * - R18.2
+     - Subtractions between pointers where at least one of the operand is a
+       pointer to a symbol defined by the linker are safe.
+     - Tagged as `safe` for ECLAIR.
+
+   * - R18.2
+     - Subtraction between pointers encapsulated by macro page_to_mfn
+       are safe.
+     - Tagged as `safe` for ECLAIR.
+
    * - R20.4
      - The override of the keyword \"inline\" in xen/compiler.h is present so
        that section contents checks pass when the compiler chooses not to