mirrors/linux-stable
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git synced 2024-09-12 21:57:43 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity
No description
879020 commits 104 branches 5093 tags 5.5 GiB
C 97.6%
Assembly 1%
Shell 0.5%
Python 0.3%
Makefile 0.3%
Find a file
Bob Haarman e8652fef53 x86_64: Fix jiffies ODR violation 
commit d8ad6d39c3 upstream.

'jiffies' and 'jiffies_64' are meant to alias (two different symbols that
share the same address).  Most architectures make the symbols alias to the
same address via a linker script assignment in their
arch/<arch>/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S:

jiffies = jiffies_64;

which is effectively a definition of jiffies.

jiffies and jiffies_64 are both forward declared for all architectures in
include/linux/jiffies.h. jiffies_64 is defined in kernel/time/timer.c.

x86_64 was peculiar in that it wasn't doing the above linker script
assignment, but rather was:
1. defining jiffies in arch/x86/kernel/time.c instead via the linker script.
2. overriding the symbol jiffies_64 from kernel/time/timer.c in
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.s via 'jiffies_64 = jiffies;'.

As Fangrui notes:

  In LLD, symbol assignments in linker scripts override definitions in
  object files. GNU ld appears to have the same behavior. It would
  probably make sense for LLD to error "duplicate symbol" but GNU ld
  is unlikely to adopt for compatibility reasons.

This results in an ODR violation (UB), which seems to have survived
thus far. Where it becomes harmful is when;

1. -fno-semantic-interposition is used:

As Fangrui notes:

  Clang after LLVM commit 5b22bcc2b70d
  ("[X86][ELF] Prefer to lower MC_GlobalAddress operands to .Lfoo$local")
  defaults to -fno-semantic-interposition similar semantics which help
  -fpic/-fPIC code avoid GOT/PLT when the referenced symbol is defined
  within the same translation unit. Unlike GCC
  -fno-semantic-interposition, Clang emits such relocations referencing
  local symbols for non-pic code as well.

This causes references to jiffies to refer to '.Ljiffies$local' when
jiffies is defined in the same translation unit. Likewise, references to
jiffies_64 become references to '.Ljiffies_64$local' in translation units
that define jiffies_64.  Because these differ from the names used in the
linker script, they will not be rewritten to alias one another.

2. Full LTO

Full LTO effectively treats all source files as one translation
unit, causing these local references to be produced everywhere.  When
the linker processes the linker script, there are no longer any
references to jiffies_64' anywhere to replace with 'jiffies'.  And
thus '.Ljiffies$local' and '.Ljiffies_64$local' no longer alias
at all.

In the process of porting patches enabling Full LTO from arm64 to x86_64,
spooky bugs have been observed where the kernel appeared to boot, but init
doesn't get scheduled.

Avoid the ODR violation by matching other architectures and define jiffies
only by linker script.  For -fno-semantic-interposition + Full LTO, there
is no longer a global definition of jiffies for the compiler to produce a
local symbol which the linker script won't ensure aliases to jiffies_64.

Fixes: 40747ffa5a ("asmlinkage: Make jiffies visible")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Alistair Delva <adelva@google.com>
Debugged-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Debugged-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Suggested-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Haarman <inglorion@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> # build+boot on
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/852
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200602193100.229287-1-inglorion@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-06-17 16:40:24 +02:00
arch x86_64: Fix jiffies ODR violation 2020-06-17 16:40:24 +02:00
block Revert "block: end bio with BLK_STS_AGAIN in case of non-mq devs and REQ_NOWAIT" 2020-06-03 08:21:27 +02:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto gcc-10: avoid shadowing standard library 'free()' in crypto 2020-05-20 08:20:29 +02:00
Documentation x86/speculation: Add Ivy Bridge to affected list 2020-06-10 20:24:58 +02:00
drivers iwlwifi: mvm: fix NVM check for 3168 devices 2020-06-17 16:40:24 +02:00
fs aio: fix async fsync creds 2020-06-17 16:40:24 +02:00
include mm: add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data objects 2020-06-17 16:40:23 +02:00
init x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try 2020-05-20 08:20:34 +02:00
ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-20 08:20:16 +02:00
kernel padata: add separate cpuhp node for CPUHP_PADATA_DEAD 2020-06-17 16:40:22 +02:00
lib vsprintf: don't obfuscate NULL and error pointers 2020-05-27 17:46:43 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm mm: add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data objects 2020-06-17 16:40:23 +02:00
net sctp: fix refcount bug in sctp_wfree 2020-06-17 16:40:24 +02:00
samples samples: bpf: Fix build error 2020-06-03 08:21:15 +02:00
scripts bpf: Support llvm-objcopy for vmlinux BTF 2020-06-17 16:40:20 +02:00
security mm: add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data objects 2020-06-17 16:40:23 +02:00
sound ASoC: intel - fix the card names 2020-06-07 13:18:49 +02:00
tools selftests: fix flower parent qdisc 2020-06-17 16:40:23 +02:00
usr initramfs: restore default compression behavior 2020-04-08 09:08:38 +02:00
virt KVM: arm: vgic: Synchronize the whole guest on GIC{D,R}_I{S,C}ACTIVER read 2020-05-20 08:20:04 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
.mailmap ARM: SoC fixes 2019-11-10 13:41:59 -08:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove Simon as Renesas SoC Co-Maintainer 2019-10-10 08:12:51 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Update drm/i915 bug filing URL 2020-02-28 17:22:19 +01:00
Makefile Linux 5.4.46 2020-06-10 20:24:58 +02:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.