[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] [RFC 19/22] x86/pie: Add option to build the kernel as PIE for x86_64
Add the CONFIG_X86_PIE option which builds the kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE). The kernel is currently build with the mcmodel=kernel option which forces it to stay on the top 2G of the virtual address space. With PIE, the kernel will be able to move below the -2G limit increasing the KASLR range from 1GB to 3GB. The modules do not support PIE due to how they are linked. Disable PIE for them and default to mcmodel=kernel for now. The PIE configuration is not yet compatible with XEN_PVH. Xen PVH generates 32-bit assembly and uses a long jump to transition to 64-bit. A long jump require an absolute reference that is not compatible with PIE. Performance/Size impact: Hackbench (50% and 1600% loads): - PIE disabled: no significant change (-0.50% / +0.50%) - PIE enabled: 7% to 8% on half load, 10% on heavy load. These results are aligned with the different research on user-mode PIE impact on cpu intensive benchmarks (around 10% on x86_64). slab_test (average of 10 runs): - PIE disabled: no significant change (-1% / +1%) - PIE enabled: 3% to 4% Kernbench (average of 10 Half and Optimal runs): Elapsed Time: - PIE disabled: no significant change (-0.22% / +0.06%) - PIE enabled: around 0.50% System Time: - PIE disabled: no significant change (-0.99% / -1.28%) - PIE enabled: 5% to 6% Size of vmlinux (Ubuntu configuration): File size: - PIE disabled: 472928672 bytes (-0.000169% from baseline) - PIE enabled: 216878461 bytes (-54.14% from baseline) .text sections: - PIE disabled: 9373572 bytes (+0.04% from baseline) - PIE enabled: 9499138 bytes (+1.38% from baseline) The big decrease in vmlinux file size is due to the lower number of relocations appended to the file. Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 ++++++ arch/x86/Makefile | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 781521b7cf9e..b26ee6751021 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2080,6 +2080,12 @@ config RANDOMIZE_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PADDING If unsure, leave at the default value. +config X86_PIE + bool + depends on X86_64 && !XEN_PVH + select DEFAULT_HIDDEN + select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS + config HOTPLUG_CPU bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs" depends on SMP diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile index 1e902f926be3..452a9621af8f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile @@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ export REALMODE_CFLAGS export BITS ifdef CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS +ifdef CONFIG_X86_PIE + LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie -shared -Bsymbolic +else LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --emit-relocs endif +endif # # Prevent GCC from generating any FP code by mistake. @@ -132,7 +136,12 @@ else KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-red-zone +ifdef CONFIG_X86_PIE + KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fPIC + KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -fno-PIC -mcmodel=kernel +else KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=kernel +endif # -funit-at-a-time shrinks the kernel .text considerably # unfortunately it makes reading oopses harder. -- 2.13.2.932.g7449e964c-goog _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
|
Lists.xenproject.org is hosted with RackSpace, monitoring our |