[PATCH 2/6] arm64: kernel: move ID map out of .text mapping

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Thu Jun 30 07:42:26 PDT 2022


Reorganize the ID map slightly so that only code that is executed via
the 1:1 mapping remains. This allows us to move the ID map out of the
.text segment, as it will no longer need executable permissions via the
kernel mapping.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S        | 5 ++++-
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/proc.S            | 2 --
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 09b0cddf2161..2210bbd13cf9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__primary_switched)
  * end early head section, begin head code that is also used for
  * hotplug and needs to have the same protections as the text region
  */
-	.section ".idmap.text","awx"
+	.text
 
 /*
  * Starting from EL2 or EL1, configure the CPU to execute at the highest
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag)
 	ret
 SYM_FUNC_END(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag)
 
+	.section ".idmap.text","awx"
 	/*
 	 * This provides a "holding pen" for platforms to hold all secondary
 	 * cores are held until we're ready for them to initialise.
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(secondary_startup)
 	br	x8
 SYM_FUNC_END(secondary_startup)
 
+	.text
 SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__secondary_switched)
 	mov	x0, x20
 	bl	set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
@@ -659,6 +661,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__secondary_too_slow)
  * Checks if the selected granule size is supported by the CPU.
  * If it isn't, park the CPU
  */
+	.section ".idmap.text","awx"
 SYM_FUNC_START(__enable_mmu)
 	mrs	x3, ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1
 	ubfx	x3, x3, #ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_SHIFT, 4
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0efccdf52be2..5002d869fa7f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ SECTIONS
 			LOCK_TEXT
 			KPROBES_TEXT
 			HYPERVISOR_TEXT
-			IDMAP_TEXT
 			*(.gnu.warning)
 		. = ALIGN(16);
 		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
@@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		TRAMP_TEXT
 		HIBERNATE_TEXT
 		KEXEC_TEXT
+		IDMAP_TEXT
 		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
index 7837a69524c5..113a4fedf5b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(cpu_do_suspend)
  *
  * x0: Address of context pointer
  */
-	.pushsection ".idmap.text", "awx"
 SYM_FUNC_START(cpu_do_resume)
 	ldp	x2, x3, [x0]
 	ldp	x4, x5, [x0, #16]
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	isb
 	ret
 SYM_FUNC_END(cpu_do_resume)
-	.popsection
 #endif
 
 	.pushsection ".idmap.text", "awx"
-- 
2.35.1




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