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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: fix .bss with -fdata-sections
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:50 AM Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> wrote:
>
> With LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION, we compile the kernel with
> -fdata-sections, which also splits the .bss section. Use the
> common BSS_MAIN macro in the linker script to properly merge all
> the generated sections.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>

Nice work tracking this down! :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Nit/tweak/clarification for commit title:
x86/build: Fix truncated .bss with -fdata-sections

-Kees

> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index bad8c51fee6e..a5127b2c195f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ SECTIONS
> .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> __bss_start = .;
> *(.bss..page_aligned)
> - *(.bss)
> + *(BSS_MAIN)
> BSS_DECRYPTED
> . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> __bss_stop = .;
> --
> 2.21.0.392.gf8f6787159e-goog
>


--
Kees Cook

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