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Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add SBAT section to the PE binary


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 14:00:52 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Gerald Elder-Vass <gerald.elder-vass@xxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:01:10 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 02/06/2026 1:58 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 02.06.2026 14:54, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 02/06/2026 1:06 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 29.05.2026 17:35, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
>>>> @@ -275,6 +276,9 @@ $(obj)/efi.lds: AFLAGS-y += -DEFI
>>>>  $(obj)/xen.lds $(obj)/efi.lds: $(src)/xen.lds.S FORCE
>>>>    $(call if_changed_dep,cpp_lds_S)
>>>>  
>>>> +$(obj)/sbat_data.o: $(src)/sbat.csv
>>>> +  $(OBJCOPY) -I binary -O elf64-x86-64 --rename-section 
>>>> .data=.sbat,readonly,data,contents --add-section .note.GNU-stack=/dev/null 
>>>> $(srcdir)/sbat.csv $@
>>> That'll be an SHT_PROGBITS .note.GNU-stack, won't it? When it really wants 
>>> to
>>> be SHT_NOTE at least for bleeding edge GNU binutils (see relatively recent
>>> changes there).
>> That was my addition to prevent there being a warning about RWX stacks
>> cascade all the way up the build.
>>
>> Maybe a better option is to have sbat.S with an .incbin sbat.csv ?
> Yes, that'll avoid all the custom objcopy-ing.

The objcopy line comes from the instructions in shim-review, not that I
think they're great instructions overall.

~Andrew



 


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