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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:58:57 -0700
From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
	clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>, 
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, 
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, 
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, 
	"maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/22] arm64: vdso: disable LTO

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:33 PM Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Filter out CC_FLAGS_LTO for the vDSO.

Just curious about this patch (and the following one for x86's vdso),
do you happen to recall specifically what the issues with the vdso's
are?

>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> index 556d424c6f52..cfad4c296ca1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ ldflags-y := -shared -nostdlib -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 --hash-style=sysv \
>  ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -ffixed-x18
>  ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
>
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS                  += $(DISABLE_LTO)
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS) \
> +                               $(CC_FLAGS_LTO)
>  KASAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  UBSAN_SANITIZE                 := n
>  OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD      := y
> --
> 2.27.0.212.ge8ba1cc988-goog
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

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