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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-28 12:21:47 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-06-02 07:57:48 +0200
commit131484c8da97ed600c18dd9d03b661e8ae052df6 (patch)
tree18293a131e8a40a9a339734259a74d33cbba1186 /arch/x86/Makefile
parentcdeb6048940fa4bfb429e2f1cba0d28a11e20cd5 (diff)
downloadlinux-131484c8da97ed600c18dd9d03b661e8ae052df6.tar.bz2
x86/debug: Remove perpetually broken, unmaintainable dwarf annotations
So the dwarf2 annotations in low level assembly code have become an increasing hindrance: unreadable, messy macros mixed into some of the most security sensitive code paths of the Linux kernel. These debug info annotations don't even buy the upstream kernel anything: dwarf driven stack unwinding has caused problems in the past so it's out of tree, and the upstream kernel only uses the much more robust framepointers based stack unwinding method. In addition to that there's a steady, slow bitrot going on with these annotations, requiring frequent fixups. There's no tooling and no functionality upstream that keeps it correct. So burn down the sick forest, allowing new, healthier growth: 27 files changed, 350 insertions(+), 1101 deletions(-) Someone who has the willingness and time to do this properly can attempt to reintroduce dwarf debuginfo in x86 assembly code plus dwarf unwinding from first principles, with the following conditions: - it should be maximally readable, and maximally low-key to 'ordinary' code reading and maintenance. - find a build time method to insert dwarf annotations automatically in the most common cases, for pop/push instructions that manipulate the stack pointer. This could be done for example via a preprocessing step that just looks for common patterns - plus special annotations for the few cases where we want to depart from the default. We have hundreds of CFI annotations, so automating most of that makes sense. - it should come with build tooling checks that ensure that CFI annotations are sensible. We've seen such efforts from the framepointer side, and there's no reason it couldn't be done on the dwarf side. Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Makefile')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Makefile10
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 57996ee840dd..43e8328a23e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ endif
sp-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := esp
sp-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := rsp
-# do binutils support CFI?
-cfi := $(call as-instr,.cfi_startproc\n.cfi_rel_offset $(sp-y)$(comma)0\n.cfi_endproc,-DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1)
-# is .cfi_signal_frame supported too?
-cfi-sigframe := $(call as-instr,.cfi_startproc\n.cfi_signal_frame\n.cfi_endproc,-DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1)
-cfi-sections := $(call as-instr,.cfi_sections .debug_frame,-DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1)
-
# does binutils support specific instructions?
asinstr := $(call as-instr,fxsaveq (%rax),-DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1)
asinstr += $(call as-instr,pshufb %xmm0$(comma)%xmm0,-DCONFIG_AS_SSSE3=1)
@@ -162,8 +156,8 @@ asinstr += $(call as-instr,crc32l %eax$(comma)%eax,-DCONFIG_AS_CRC32=1)
avx_instr := $(call as-instr,vxorps %ymm0$(comma)%ymm1$(comma)%ymm2,-DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1)
avx2_instr :=$(call as-instr,vpbroadcastb %xmm0$(comma)%ymm1,-DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr)
LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)