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RIP_REL_REF() is used in non-PIC C code that is called very early,
before the kernel virtual mapping is up, which is the mapping that the
linker expects. It is currently used in two different ways:
- to refer to the value of a global variable, including as an lvalue in
assignments;
- to take the address of a global variable via the mapping that the code
currently executes at.
The former case is only needed in non-PIC code, as PIC code will never
use absolute symbol references when the address of the symbol is not
being used. But taking the address of a variable in PIC code may still
require extra care, as a stack allocated struct assignment may be
emitted as a memcpy() from a statically allocated copy in .rodata.
For instance, this
void startup_64_setup_gdt_idt(void)
{
struct desc_ptr startup_gdt_descr = {
.address = (__force unsigned long)gdt_page.gdt,
.size = GDT_SIZE - 1,
};
may result in an absolute symbol reference in PIC code, even though the
struct is allocated on the stack and populated at runtime.
To address this case, make rip_rel_ptr() accessible in PIC code, and
update any existing uses where the address of a global variable is
taken using RIP_REL_REF.
Once all code of this nature has been moved into arch/x86/boot/startup
and built with -fPIC, RIP_REL_REF() can be retired, and only
rip_rel_ptr() will remain.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250410134117.3713574-14-ardb+git@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 reStructuredText 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.