[PATCH v2 4/6] riscv: Fix EFI stub usage of KASAN instrumented strcmp function

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 11:14, Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com> wrote:
>
> From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at alexghiti.eu.rivosinc.com>
>
> The EFI stub must not use any KASAN instrumented code as the kernel
> proper did not initialize the thread pointer and the mapping for the
> KASAN shadow region.
>
> Avoid using the generic strcmp function, instead use the one in
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/string.c.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>

> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h
> index 7e2962ef73f9..15616155008c 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/image-vars.h
> @@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
>   * linked at. The routines below are all implemented in assembler in a
>   * position independent manner
>   */
> -__efistub_strcmp               = strcmp;
> -
>  __efistub__start               = _start;
>  __efistub__start_kernel                = _start_kernel;
>  __efistub__end                 = _end;
> --
> 2.37.2
>