[llvm] [PAC][ELF] Place AUTH constants in .data.rel.ro for position dependent code (PR #150418)

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Author: Daniil Kovalev (kovdan01)

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For AArch64 target machine, effective relocation model on Windows and Darwin is always PIC, while for ELF targets Static is used when DynamicNoPIC is requested (see `getEffectiveRelocModel` in AArch64TargetMachine.cpp).

This resulted in using .rodata section for AUTH constants, which is wrong since these are filled with AUTH dynamic relocs and require the section to be writeable during dynamic relocation resolving.

This patch adds a check ensuring if the constant itself or one of the nested constants are AUTH ones. If so, use .data.rel.ro section.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/150418.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp (+17-2) 
- (added) llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/ptrauth-global-no-pic.ll (+51) 


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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
index 9b03e85ca45bf..246509b28cd9c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "llvm/IR/DataLayout.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Mangler.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
@@ -220,6 +221,20 @@ void TargetLoweringObjectFile::emitPseudoProbeDescMetadata(MCStreamer &Streamer,
   }
 }
 
+static bool containsConstantPtrAuth(const Constant *C) {
+  if (isa<ConstantPtrAuth>(C))
+    return true;
+
+  if (isa<BlockAddress>(C) || isa<GlobalValue>(C))
+    return false;
+
+  for (const Value *Op : C->operands())
+    if (containsConstantPtrAuth(cast<Constant>(Op)))
+      return true;
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /// getKindForGlobal - This is a top-level target-independent classifier for
 /// a global object.  Given a global variable and information from the TM, this
 /// function classifies the global in a target independent manner. This function
@@ -327,9 +342,9 @@ SectionKind TargetLoweringObjectFile::getKindForGlobal(const GlobalObject *GO,
       // mergable section, because the linker doesn't take relocations into
       // consideration when it tries to merge entries in the section.
       Reloc::Model ReloModel = TM.getRelocationModel();
-      if (ReloModel == Reloc::Static || ReloModel == Reloc::ROPI ||
+      if ((ReloModel == Reloc::Static || ReloModel == Reloc::ROPI ||
           ReloModel == Reloc::RWPI || ReloModel == Reloc::ROPI_RWPI ||
-          !C->needsDynamicRelocation())
+          !C->needsDynamicRelocation()) && !containsConstantPtrAuth(C))
         return SectionKind::getReadOnly();
 
       // Otherwise, the dynamic linker needs to fix it up, put it in the
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/ptrauth-global-no-pic.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/ptrauth-global-no-pic.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..651f384ef6497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/ptrauth-global-no-pic.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple aarch64-elf --relocation-model=static         -mattr=+pauth -filetype=asm -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llc -mtriple aarch64-elf --relocation-model=dynamic-no-pic -mattr=+pauth -filetype=asm -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+
+;; A constant value, use .rodata
+; CHECK:         .section        .rodata,"a", at progbits
+; CHECK:         .globl  Const
+; CHECK: Const:
+; CHECK:         .xword  37
+
+;; An AUTH reloc is needed, use .data.rel.ro
+; CHECK:         .section        .data.rel.ro,"aw", at progbits
+; CHECK:         .globl  PtrAuthExtern
+; CHECK: PtrAuthExtern:
+; CHECK:         .xword  ConstExtern at AUTH(da,0)
+
+; CHECK:         .globl  PtrAuth
+; CHECK: PtrAuth:
+; CHECK:         .xword  Const at AUTH(da,0)
+
+; CHECK:         .globl  PtrAuthExternNested1
+; CHECK: PtrAuthExternNested1:
+; CHECK:         .xword  ConstExtern at AUTH(da,0)
+
+;; The address could be filled statically, use .rodata
+; CHECK:         .section        .rodata,"a", at progbits
+; CHECK:         .globl  PtrAuthExternNested2
+; CHECK: PtrAuthExternNested2:
+; CHECK:         .xword  PtrAuthExtern
+
+;; An AUTH reloc is needed, use .data.rel.ro
+; CHECK:         .section        .data.rel.ro,"aw", at progbits
+; CHECK:         .globl  PtrAuthNested1
+; CHECK: PtrAuthNested1:
+; CHECK:         .xword  Const at AUTH(da,0)
+
+;; The address could be filled statically, use .rodata
+; CHECK:         .section        .rodata,"a", at progbits
+; CHECK:         .globl  PtrAuthNested2
+; CHECK: PtrAuthNested2:
+; CHECK:         .xword  PtrAuth
+
+ at ConstExtern = external global i64
+ at Const       = constant i64 37
+
+ at PtrAuthExtern = constant ptr ptrauth (ptr @ConstExtern, i32 2)
+ at PtrAuth       = constant ptr ptrauth (ptr @Const,  i32 2)
+
+ at PtrAuthExternNested1 = constant { ptr } { ptr ptrauth (ptr @ConstExtern, i32 2) }
+ at PtrAuthExternNested2 = constant { ptr } { ptr @PtrAuthExtern }
+ at PtrAuthNested1       = constant { ptr } { ptr ptrauth (ptr @Const, i32 2) }
+ at PtrAuthNested2       = constant { ptr } { ptr @PtrAuth }

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/150418


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