Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix CFI failures with GCOV_PROFILE_ALL

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 5:39 AM Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:32 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:11:41AM +0000, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > The following two patches fix CFI failures with GCOV_PROFILE_ALL,
> > > where the compiler injects indirectly called functions to object
> > > files that otherwise contain no executable code, and are not
> > > processed by objtool or don't have CFI enabled. This results in
> > > missing or incorrect type hashes during boot and when modules are
> > > loaded.
> > >
> > > Sami Tolvanen (2):
> > >   kbuild: Fix CFI failures with GCOV
> > >   kbuild: Disable GCOV for *.mod.o
> > >
> > >  init/Makefile             | 1 +
> > >  scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 2 +-
> > >  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux  | 1 +
> > >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Nice hunting!
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Should these get Cc: stable tags maybe?
>
> I was under the impression that Fixes: tags would be sufficient these
> days, but agreed, explicit Cc: probably wouldn't hurt.
>
> Sami


Both applied to linux-kbuild.

I also think Fixes: tags would be enough
to make them back-ported.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada