Change the assembly code to use only relative references of symbols for the
kernel to be PIE compatible.
Position Independent Executable (PIE) support will allow to extended the
KASLR randomization range below the -2G memory limit.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgar...@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
index 98111b38ebfd..da817d1628ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ identity_mapped:
movq %rax, %cr3
lea PAGE_SIZE(%r8), %rsp
call swap_pages
- movq $virtual_mapped, %rax
+ leaq virtual_mapped(%rip), %rax
pushq %rax
ret
--
2.13.2.932.g7449e964c-goog
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