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Functions like vmap() record how much memory has been allocated by their callers, and callers are identified using __builtin_return_address(). Once the kernel is using pointer-auth the return address will be signed. This means it will not match any kernel symbol, and will vary between threads even for the same caller. The output of /proc/vmallocinfo in this case may look like, 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____) 20480 0x86e28000100e7c60 pages=4 vmalloc N0=4 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____) 20480 0x86e28000100e7c60 pages=4 vmalloc N0=4 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____) 20480 0xc5c78000100e7c60 pages=4 vmalloc N0=4 The above three 64bit values should be the same symbol name and not different LR values. Use the pre-processor to add logic to clear the PAC to __builtin_return_address() callers. This patch adds a new file asm/compiler.h and is transitively included via include/compiler_types.h on the compiler command line so it is guaranteed to be loaded and the users of this macro will not find a wrong version. Helper macros ptrauth_kernel_pac_mask/ptrauth_clear_pac are created for this purpose and added in this file. Existing macro ptrauth_user_pac_mask moved from asm/pointer_auth.h. Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@arm.com> Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.