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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
	keescook@chromium.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	nathan@kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>,
	"Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] crypto: x86/crc32c - Tweak jump table to validate objtool logic
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:34:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241010203401.45ds362dpx52ne5z@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241010122801.1321976-12-ardb+git@google.com>

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 02:28:07PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> 
> Tweak the jump table so
> - the address is taken far way from its use
> - its offset from the start of .rodata is != 0x0
> - its type is STT_OBJECT and its size is set to the size of the actual
>   table
> - the indirect jump is annotated with a R_X86_64_NONE relocation
>   pointing to the jump table
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

This needs more "why", I assume the goals are to add the annotations +
confuse objtool if it doesn't read them properly?

-- 
Josh

  reply	other threads:[~2024-10-10 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-10 12:28 [PATCH v2 0/5] Improve objtool jump table handling Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 12:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] objtool: Deal with relative jump tables correctly Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 13:26   ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-10-10 13:59     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 14:07       ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-10-10 15:32         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-10 12:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] objtool: Allow arch code to discover jump table size Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 19:52   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-11 16:50     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 12:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] objtool: Add support for annotated jump tables Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 20:12   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-10 20:15   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-11  6:29     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-11 15:56       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-10 12:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] crypto: x86/crc32c - Use idiomatic relative jump table Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 12:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] crypto: x86/crc32c - Tweak jump table to validate objtool logic Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 20:34   ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2024-10-11  6:32     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-11 16:04       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-11 16:22         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 17:50 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Improve objtool jump table handling Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-10 20:36   ` Josh Poimboeuf

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