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authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2018-04-04 17:10:36 +0930
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2018-04-05 08:26:10 +0930
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parentelf-hppa.h warning fix (diff)
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[GOLD] Make powerpc64 .branch_lt relro
Better security beats better placement for code optimization. * powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::make_brlt_section): Make .branch_lt relro.
Diffstat (limited to 'gold')
-rw-r--r--gold/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--gold/powerpc.cc13
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index bba594235a4..0e6ec0ce149 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-04-05 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::make_brlt_section): Make .branch_lt relro.
+
2018-04-04 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* po/es.po: Updated Spanish translation.
diff --git a/gold/powerpc.cc b/gold/powerpc.cc
index 39bda353a43..bddc2b8350e 100644
--- a/gold/powerpc.cc
+++ b/gold/powerpc.cc
@@ -4034,9 +4034,8 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::make_brlt_section(Layout* layout)
bool is_pic = parameters->options().output_is_position_independent();
if (is_pic)
{
- // When PIC we can't fill in .branch_lt (like .plt it can be
- // a bss style section) but must initialise at runtime via
- // dynamic relocations.
+ // When PIC we can't fill in .branch_lt but must initialise at
+ // runtime via dynamic relocations.
this->rela_dyn_section(layout);
brlt_rel = new Reloc_section(false);
if (this->rela_dyn_->output_section())
@@ -4050,13 +4049,11 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::make_brlt_section(Layout* layout)
->add_output_section_data(this->brlt_section_);
else
layout->add_output_section_data(".branch_lt",
- (is_pic ? elfcpp::SHT_NOBITS
- : elfcpp::SHT_PROGBITS),
+ elfcpp::SHT_PROGBITS,
elfcpp::SHF_ALLOC | elfcpp::SHF_WRITE,
this->brlt_section_,
- (is_pic ? ORDER_SMALL_BSS
- : ORDER_SMALL_DATA),
- false);
+ ORDER_RELRO,
+ true);
}
}