[PATCH v7 05/25] arm64: Build vDSO with -ffixed-x18

Vincenzo Frascino
2019-06-21T09:53:23Z

From: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>

The vDSO needs to be build with x18 reserved in order to accommodate
userspace platform ABIs built on top of Linux that use the register
to carry inter-procedural state, as provided for by the AAPCS.
An example of such a platform ABI is the one that will be used by an
upcoming version of Android.

Although this change is currently a no-op due to the fact that the vDSO
is currently implemented in pure assembly on arm64, it is necessary
in order to prepare for another change [1] that will add C code to
the vDSO.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10044501/

Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Tested-by: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@marvell.com>
Tested-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@google.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
---
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 3acfc813e966..ec81d28aeb5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ obj-vdso := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(obj-vdso))
ldflags-y := -shared -nostdlib -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 --hash-style=sysv \
--build-id -n -T

-ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector
+ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -ffixed-x18
ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING

VDSO_LDFLAGS := -Bsymbolic
--
2.21.0