With newer GNU binutils, linking with BFD produces warnings for vmlinux: aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: -z norelro ignored
BFD can produce this warning when the target emulation mode does not support RELRO relocation types, and -z relro or -z norelro is passed.
Alan Modra clarifies: The default linker emulation for an aarch64-linux ld.bfd is -maarch64linux, the default for an aarch64-elf linker is -maarch64elf. They are not equivalent. If you choose -maarch64elf you get an emulation that doesn't support -z relro.
The ARCH=arm64 kernel prefers -maarch64elf, but may fall back to -maarch64linux based on the toolchain configuration.
LLD will always create RELRO relocation types regardless of target emulation.
To avoid the above warning when linking with BFD, pass -z norelro only when linking with LLD or with -maarch64linux.
Cc: Alan Modra amodra@gmail.com Cc: Ard Biesheuvel ardb@kernel.org Cc: Fāng-ruì Sòng maskray@google.com Fixes: 3b92fa7485eb ("arm64: link with -z norelro regardless of CONFIG_RELOCATABLE") Reported-by: kernelci.org bot bot@kernelci.org Reported-by: Quentin Perret qperret@google.com Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers ndesaulniers@google.com --- arch/arm64/Makefile | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile index 6be9b3750250..90309208bb28 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ # # Copyright (C) 1995-2001 by Russell King
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=--no-undefined -X -z norelro +LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=--no-undefined -X
ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE), y) # Pass --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to restore pre-binutils-2.27 behaviour @@ -115,16 +115,20 @@ KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mbig-endian CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EB__ # Prefer the baremetal ELF build target, but not all toolchains include # it so fall back to the standard linux version if needed. -KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb) +KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb -z norelro) UTS_MACHINE := aarch64_be else KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mlittle-endian CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EL__ # Same as above, prefer ELF but fall back to linux target if needed. -KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux) +KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux -z norelro) UTS_MACHINE := aarch64 endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD), y) +KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z norelro +endif + CHECKFLAGS += -D__aarch64__
ifeq ($(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS),y)