From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/purgatory: Compile purgatory with -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:16:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260925191635.GC2060@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260925130217.3912329-1-arnd@kernel.org>
On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 03:01:49PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> A previous patch fixed compile-time issues by setting __NO_FORTIFY
> for all of the purgatory code, but this is insufficient and still
> leaves build failures that appeared recently in linux-next:
>
> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __memset
> >>> referenced by string.c
> >>> arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.ro:(__UNIQUE_ID_addressable___memset_2)
>
> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __memmove
> >>> referenced by string.c
> >>> arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.ro:(__UNIQUE_ID_addressable___memmove_3)
>
> Set __DISABLE_EXPORTS as well, to avoid pulling in a reference to the
> wrong string functions.
>
> Fixes: 65cbe410d312 ("x86/purgatory: Compile purgatory with -D__NO_FORTIFY")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
I dropped the patch this fixes already, as I mentioned at
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-crypto/20260924174911.GA1978@sol/ . It's
gone from linux-next now. I think Thomas Huth is planning to send a
fixed version, together with the two patches that depend on this.
But compiling all of purgatory (and not just sha256.o as is the status
quo) with -D__NO_FORTIFY -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS sounds good to me.
Alternatively it could be just sha256.o and purgatory.o specifically.
But it seems it might as well just be all files.
- Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-25 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-25 13:01 [PATCH] x86/purgatory: Compile purgatory with -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-25 19:16 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-09-28 8:34 ` Thomas Huth
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