[PATCH v3 12/17] arm64: reserve x18 from general allocation with SCS

From: samitolvanen
Date: Thu Oct 31 2019 - 12:47:23 EST


Reserve the x18 register from general allocation when SCS is enabled,
because the compiler uses the register to store the current task's
shadow stack pointer. Note that all external kernel modules must also be
compiled with -ffixed-x18 if the kernel has SCS enabled.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Makefile | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 2c0238ce0551..ef76101201b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ stack_protector_prepare: prepare0
include/generated/asm-offsets.h))
endif

+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK), y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -ffixed-x18
+endif
+
ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN), y)
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mbig-endian
CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EB__
--
2.24.0.rc0.303.g954a862665-goog