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arm64: link with -z norelro for LLD or aarch64-elf
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With GNU binutils 2.35+, linking with BFD produces warnings for vmlinux:
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: -z norelro ignored

BFD can produce this warning when the target emulation mode does not
support RELRO program headers, and -z relro or -z norelro is passed.

Alan Modra clarifies:
  The default linker emulation for an aarch64-linux ld.bfd is
  -maarch64linux, the default for an aarch64-elf linker is
  -maarch64elf.  They are not equivalent.  If you choose -maarch64elf
  you get an emulation that doesn't support -z relro.

The ARCH=arm64 kernel prefers -maarch64elf, but may fall back to
-maarch64linux based on the toolchain configuration.

LLD will always create RELRO program header regardless of target
emulation.

To avoid the above warning when linking with BFD, pass -z norelro only
when linking with LLD or with -maarch64linux.

Fixes: 3b92fa7 ("arm64: link with -z norelro regardless of CONFIG_RELOCATABLE")
Fixes: 3bbd3db ("arm64: relocatable: fix inconsistencies in linker script and options")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.0.x-
Reported-by: kernelci.org bot <bot@kernelci.org>
Reported-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Cc: Fāng-ruì Sòng <maskray@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201218002432.788499-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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nickdesaulniers authored and gregkh committed Jan 12, 2021
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10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions arch/arm64/Makefile
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#
# Copyright (C) 1995-2001 by Russell King

LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=--no-undefined -X -z norelro
LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=--no-undefined -X

ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE), y)
# Pass --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to restore pre-binutils-2.27 behaviour
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CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EB__
# Prefer the baremetal ELF build target, but not all toolchains include
# it so fall back to the standard linux version if needed.
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb)
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb -z norelro)
UTS_MACHINE := aarch64_be
else
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mlittle-endian
CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EL__
# Same as above, prefer ELF but fall back to linux target if needed.
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux)
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux -z norelro)
UTS_MACHINE := aarch64
endif

ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD), y)
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z norelro
endif

CHECKFLAGS += -D__aarch64__

ifeq ($(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS),y)
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