x86/boot/compressed: Warn on orphan section placement
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Wed, 2 Sep 2020 02:53:47 +0000 (19:53 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 3 Sep 2020 08:28:36 +0000 (10:28 +0200)
We don't want to depend on the linker's orphan section placement
heuristics as these can vary between linkers, and may change between
versions. All sections need to be explicitly handled in the linker
script.

Now that all sections are explicitly handled, enable orphan section
warnings.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200902025347.2504702-6-keescook@chromium.org
arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile

index 5b7f6e1..871cc07 100644 (file)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--no-ld-generated-unwind-info)
 # Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
 # address by the bootloader.
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
 hostprogs      := mkpiggy