FROMLIST: arm64: Build vDSO with -ffixed-x18
authorPeter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Wed, 7 Nov 2018 00:39:13 +0000 (16:39 -0800)
committerMichael Benedict <michaelbt@live.com>
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 16:16:35 +0000 (02:16 +1000)
commiteb8419215849fab2bc4985c04d9b767f7a4de4dc
treea48639b2dbac2daea1fff21d46084dc7d941e57d
parent02270fbdaaac917fe5142da094504c7266e6595d
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