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With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the compiler replaces function addresses in instrumented C code with jump table addresses. This means that __pa_symbol(function) returns the physical address of the jump table entry instead of the actual function, which may not work as the jump table code will immediately jump to a virtual address that may not be mapped. To avoid this address space confusion, this change adds a generic definition for function_nocfi(), which architectures that support CFI can override. The typical implementation of would use inline assembly to take the function address, which avoids compiler instrumentation. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210408182843.1754385-4-samitolvanen@google.com
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.