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[v3,6/6] powerpc: Select ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC on book3s/32 and 8xx

Message ID 04a0d5550f331d68f7eab4b512d50978712f989e.1643475473.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Allocate module text and data separately | expand

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Christophe Leroy Jan. 29, 2022, 5:02 p.m. UTC 
book3s/32 and 8xx have a separate area for allocating modules,
defined by MODULES_VADDR / MODULES_END.

On book3s/32, it is not possible to protect against execution
on a page basis. A full 256M segment is either Exec or NoExec.
The module area is in an Exec segment while vmalloc area is
in a NoExec segment.

In order to protect module data against execution, select
ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC.

For the 8xx (and possibly other 32 bits platform in the future),
there is no such constraint on Exec/NoExec protection, however
there is a critical distance between kernel functions and callers
that needs to remain below 32Mbytes in order to avoid costly
trampolines. By allocating data outside of module area, we
increase the chance for module text to remain within acceptable
distance from kernel core text.

So select ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC for 8xx as well.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index b779603978e1..242eed8cedf8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@  config PPC
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
 	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+	select ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC	if PPC_BOOK3S_32 || PPC_8xx
 	select ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
 	select BINFMT_ELF
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT