FROMLIST: arm64: Build vDSO with -ffixed-x18
authorPeter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Wed, 7 Nov 2018 00:39:13 +0000 (16:39 -0800)
committerBruno Martins <bgcngm@gmail.com>
Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:09:54 +0000 (18:09 +0100)
commitcf5f41574cf000a2a40a87e3953b2f119c9415ca
treee48979d003f197c8d294c3da3a993b868f2406d4
parent361bc740c76423ff536744d96034e920e1a148c9
FROMLIST: arm64: Build vDSO with -ffixed-x18

The vDSO needs to be build with x18 reserved in order to accommodate
userspace platform ABIs built on top of Linux that use the register
to carry inter-procedural state, as provided for by the AAPCS.
An example of such a platform ABI is the one that will be used by an
upcoming version of Android.

Although this change is currently a no-op due to the fact that the vDSO
is currently implemented in pure assembly on arm64, it is necessary
in order to prepare for another change [1] that will add C code to
the vDSO.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10044501/

Change-Id: Icaac4b1c9127d81d754d3b8688274e9afc781760
Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@google.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile