[PATCH v3 16/27] compiler: Option to add PROVIDE_HIDDEN replacement for weak symbols

Thomas Garnier
2018-05-23T19:54:10Z

Provide an option to have a PROVIDE_HIDDEN (linker script) entry for
each weak symbol. This option solve an error in x86_64 where the linker
optimizes pie generate code to be non-pie because --emit-relocs was used
instead of -pie (to reduce dynamic relocations).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@google.com>
---
init/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0fc3a58d9f2f..2866cca86b4a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1954,6 +1954,13 @@ config ASN1
inform it as to what tags are to be expected in a stream and what
functions to call on what tags.

+config WEAK_PROVIDE_HIDDEN
+ bool
+ help
+ Generate linker script PROVIDE_HIDDEN entries for all weak symbols. It
+ allows to prevent non-pie code being replaced by the linker if the
+ emit-relocs option is used instead of pie (useful for x86_64 pie).
+
source "kernel/Kconfig.locks"

config ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 4bf811c09f59..f5d31119b9d7 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ kallsyms()
${CC} ${aflags} -c -o ${2} ${afile}
}

+gen_weak_provide_hidden()
+{
+ if [ -n "${CONFIG_WEAK_PROVIDE_HIDDEN}" ]; then
+ local pattern="s/^\s\+ w \(\w\+\)$/PROVIDE_HIDDEN(\1 = .);/gp"
+ echo -e "SECTIONS {\n. = _end;" > .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld
+ ${NM} ${1} | sed -n "${pattern}" >> .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld
+ echo "}" >> .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld
+ LDFLAGS_vmlinux="${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -T .tmp_vmlinux_hiddenld"
+ fi
+}
+
# Create map file with all symbols from ${1}
# See mksymap for additional details
mksysmap()
@@ -226,6 +237,9 @@ modpost_link vmlinux.o
# modpost vmlinux.o to check for section mismatches
${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" vmlinux.o

+# Generate weak linker script
+gen_weak_provide_hidden vmlinux.o
+
kallsymso=""
kallsyms_vmlinux=""
if [ -n "${CONFIG_KALLSYMS}" ]; then