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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 14:20:01 -0700
From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
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Subject: [RFC v3 25/27] x86/pie: Add option to build the kernel as PIE
Add the CONFIG_X86_PIE option which builds the kernel as a Position
Independent Executable (PIE). The kernel is currently build with the
mcmodel=kernel option which forces it to stay on the top 2G of the
virtual address space. With PIE, the kernel will be able to move below
the current limit.
The --emit-relocs linker option was kept instead of using -pie to limit
the impact on mapped sections. Any incompatible relocation will be
catch by the arch/x86/tools/relocs binary at compile time.
Performance/Size impact:
Size of vmlinux (Default configuration):
File size:
- PIE disabled: +0.000031%
- PIE enabled: -3.210% (less relocations)
.text section:
- PIE disabled: +0.000644%
- PIE enabled: +0.837%
Size of vmlinux (Ubuntu configuration):
File size:
- PIE disabled: -0.201%
- PIE enabled: -0.082%
.text section:
- PIE disabled: same
- PIE enabled: +1.319%
Size of vmlinux (Default configuration + ORC):
File size:
- PIE enabled: -3.167%
.text section:
- PIE enabled: +0.814%
Size of vmlinux (Ubuntu configuration + ORC):
File size:
- PIE enabled: -3.167%
.text section:
- PIE enabled: +1.26%
The size increase is mainly due to not having access to the 32-bit signed
relocation that can be used with mcmodel=kernel. A small part is due to reduced
optimization for PIE code. This bug [1] was opened with gcc to provide a better
code generation for kernel PIE.
Hackbench (50% and 1600% on thread/process for pipe/sockets):
- PIE disabled: no significant change (avg +0.1% on latest test).
- PIE enabled: between -0.50% to +0.86% in average (default and Ubuntu config).
slab_test (average of 10 runs):
- PIE disabled: no significant change (-2% on latest run, likely noise).
- PIE enabled: between -1% and +0.8% on latest runs.
Kernbench (average of 10 Half and Optimal runs):
Elapsed Time:
- PIE disabled: no significant change (avg -0.239%)
- PIE enabled: average +0.07%
System Time:
- PIE disabled: no significant change (avg -0.277%)
- PIE enabled: average +0.7%
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82303
Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
arch/x86/Makefile | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1e4b399c64e5..b92f96923712 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2141,6 +2141,14 @@ config X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR
bool
depends on CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+config X86_PIE
+ bool
+ depends on X86_64
+ select DEFAULT_HIDDEN
+ select DYNAMIC_MODULE_BASE
+ select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS
+ select X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR if CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+
config HOTPLUG_CPU
bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
depends on SMP
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 42774185a58a..c49855b4b1be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-red-zone
ifdef CONFIG_X86_PIE
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fPIC
KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += -T $(srctree)/arch/x86/kernel/module.lds
else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=kernel
--
2.14.2.920.gcf0c67979c-goog
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