[PATCH v2 0/2] vdso: Work around and reject absolute relocations

Thomas Weißschuh thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de
Wed Apr 30 02:20:12 PDT 2025


GCC on arm64 would incorrectly emit absolute relocations in vDSO code.
Work around those and break the build if new ones appear.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de>
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Changes in v2:
- Link to openend (invalid) GCC bug containing more explanations
- Refine commit messages
- Don't fail on commit absolute relocations in debug info
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429-vdso-absolute-reloc-v1-0-987a0afd10b5@linutronix.de

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Thomas Weißschuh (2):
      arm64: vdso: Work around invalid absolute relocations from GCC
      vdso: Reject absolute relocations during build

 arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h | 13 +++++++++++++
 lib/vdso/Makefile.include                  |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
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base-commit: b4432656b36e5cc1d50a1f2dc15357543add530e
change-id: 20250428-vdso-absolute-reloc-a226293c1761

Best regards,
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Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de>




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