[Buildroot] [PATCH] gcc: powerpc32 transition to secureplt

[Matt Weber]

PowerPC has two PLT models: BSS-PLT and Secure-PLT. BSS-PLT uses
runtime code generation to generate the PLT stubs. Secure-PLT was
introduced with GCC 4.1 and Binutils 2.17 (base has GCC 4.2.1 and
Binutils 2.17), and is a more secure PLT format, using a read-only
linkage table, with the dynamic linker populating a non-executable
index table.

Ref to other distro/BSD transitions
https://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/106621/
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20598

Fixes a bug observed when creating SELinux policy where all apps
require execmem because the heap requires execute before this
change.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>
---
 package/gcc/gcc.mk | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index b834269adc..df5bf22b96 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-long-double-128
 endif
 
+# Set default to Secure-PLT to prevent run-time
+# generation of PLT stubs (supports RELRO and
+# SELinux non-exemem capabilities)
+ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc),y)
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-secureplt
+endif
+
 # PowerPC64 big endian by default uses the elfv1 ABI, and PowerPC 64
 # little endian by default uses the elfv2 ABI. However, musl has
 # decided to use the elfv2 ABI for both, so we force the elfv2 ABI for
-- 
2.17.1