This adds support for emitting PLTs at module load time for relative
branches that are out of range. This is a prerequisite for KASLR, which
may place the kernel and the modules anywhere in the vmalloc area,
making it more likely that branch target offsets exceed the maximum
range of +/- 128 MB.
In this version, I removed the distinction between relocations against
.init executable sections and ordinary executable sections. The reason
is that it is hardly worth the trouble, given that .init.text usually
does not contain that many far branches, and this version now only
reserves PLT entry space for jump and call relocations against undefined
symbols (since symbols defined in the same module can be assumed to be
within +/- 128 MB)
For example, the mac80211.ko module (which is fairly sizable at ~400 KB)
built with -mcmodel=large gives the following relocation counts:
relocs branches unique !local
.text 3925 3347 518 219
.init.text 11 8 7 1
.exit.text 4 4 4 1
.text.unlikely 81 67 36 17
('unique' means branches to unique type/symbol/addend combos, of which
!local is the subset referring to undefined symbols)
IOW, we are only emitting a single PLT entry for the .init sections, and
we are better off just adding it to the core PLT section instead.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Ard Biesheuvel