sess: stabilize relro-level

Signed-off-by: David Wood <david@davidtw.co>

Author: davidtwco

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs

@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ fn add_library_search_dirs(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session, self_contained:
 /// Add options making relocation sections in the produced ELF files read-only
 /// and suppressing lazy binding.
 fn add_relro_args(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session) {
-    match sess.opts.unstable_opts.relro_level.unwrap_or(sess.target.relro_level) {
+    match sess.opts.cg.relro_level.unwrap_or(sess.target.relro_level) {
         RelroLevel::Full => cmd.full_relro(),
         RelroLevel::Partial => cmd.partial_relro(),
         RelroLevel::Off => cmd.no_relro(),

compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs

@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ fn test_codegen_options_tracking_hash() {
     tracked!(profile_generate, SwitchWithOptPath::Enabled(None));
     tracked!(profile_use, Some(PathBuf::from("abc")));
     tracked!(relocation_model, Some(RelocModel::Pic));
+    tracked!(relro_level, Some(RelroLevel::Full));
     tracked!(soft_float, true);
     tracked!(split_debuginfo, Some(SplitDebuginfo::Packed));
     tracked!(symbol_mangling_version, Some(SymbolManglingVersion::V0));
@@ -805,7 +806,6 @@ fn test_unstable_options_tracking_hash() {
     tracked!(profile_sample_use, Some(PathBuf::from("abc")));
     tracked!(profiler_runtime, "abc".to_string());
     tracked!(relax_elf_relocations, Some(true));
-    tracked!(relro_level, Some(RelroLevel::Full));
     tracked!(remap_cwd_prefix, Some(PathBuf::from("abc")));
     tracked!(sanitizer, SanitizerSet::ADDRESS);
     tracked!(sanitizer_cfi_canonical_jump_tables, None);

compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs

@@ -1494,6 +1494,8 @@ options! {
     relocation_model: Option<RelocModel> = (None, parse_relocation_model, [TRACKED],
         "control generation of position-independent code (PIC) \
         (`rustc --print relocation-models` for details)"),
+    relro_level: Option<RelroLevel> = (None, parse_relro_level, [TRACKED],
+        "choose which RELRO level to use"),
     remark: Passes = (Passes::Some(Vec::new()), parse_passes, [UNTRACKED],
         "output remarks for these optimization passes (space separated, or \"all\")"),
     rpath: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
@@ -1829,8 +1831,6 @@ options! {
         "randomize the layout of types (default: no)"),
     relax_elf_relocations: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
         "whether ELF relocations can be relaxed"),
-    relro_level: Option<RelroLevel> = (None, parse_relro_level, [TRACKED],
-        "choose which RELRO level to use"),
     remap_cwd_prefix: Option<PathBuf> = (None, parse_opt_pathbuf, [TRACKED],
         "remap paths under the current working directory to this path prefix"),
     remap_path_scope: RemapPathScopeComponents = (RemapPathScopeComponents::all(), parse_remap_path_scope, [TRACKED],

compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs

@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ impl Session {
 
         let dbg_opts = &self.opts.unstable_opts;
 
-        let relro_level = dbg_opts.relro_level.unwrap_or(self.target.relro_level);
+        let relro_level = self.opts.cg.relro_level.unwrap_or(self.target.relro_level);
 
         // Only enable this optimization by default if full relro is also enabled.
         // In this case, lazy binding was already unavailable, so nothing is lost.

src/doc/rustc/src/codegen-options/index.md

@@ -479,6 +479,26 @@ then `-C target-feature=+crt-static` "wins" over `-C relocation-model=pic`,
 and the linker is instructed (`-static`) to produce a statically linked
 but not position-independent executable.
 
+## relro-level
+
+This flag controls what level of RELRO (Relocation Read-Only) is enabled. RELRO is an exploit
+mitigation which makes the Global Offset Table (GOT) read-only.
+
+Supported values for this option are:
+
+- `off`: Dynamically linked functions are resolved lazily and the GOT is writable.
+- `partial`: Dynamically linked functions are resolved lazily and written into the Procedure
+  Linking Table (PLT) part of the GOT (`.got.plt`). The non-PLT part of the GOT (`.got`) is made
+  read-only and both are moved to prevent writing from buffer overflows.
+- `full`: Dynamically linked functions are resolved at the start of program execution and the
+  Global Offset Table (`.got`/`.got.plt`) is populated eagerly and then made read-only. The GOT is
+  also moved to prevent writing from buffer overflows. Full RELRO uses more memory and increases
+  process startup time.
+
+This flag is ignored on platforms where RELRO is not supported (targets which do not use the ELF
+binary format), such as Windows or macOS. Each rustc target has its own default for RELRO. rustc
+enables Full RELRO by default on platforms where it is supported.
+
 ## remark
 
 This flag lets you print remarks for optimization passes.

tests/run-make/relro-levels/Makefile

@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ include ../tools.mk
 
 # only-linux
 #
-# This tests the different -Zrelro-level values, and makes sure that they work properly.
+# This tests the different -Crelro-level values, and makes sure that they work properly.
 
 all:
 	# Ensure that binaries built with the full relro level links them with both
 	# RELRO and BIND_NOW for doing eager symbol resolving.
-	$(RUSTC) -Zrelro-level=full hello.rs
+	$(RUSTC) -Crelro-level=full hello.rs
 	readelf -l $(TMPDIR)/hello | grep -q GNU_RELRO
 	readelf -d $(TMPDIR)/hello | grep -q BIND_NOW
 
-	$(RUSTC) -Zrelro-level=partial hello.rs
+	$(RUSTC) -Crelro-level=partial hello.rs
 	readelf -l $(TMPDIR)/hello | grep -q GNU_RELRO
 
 	# Ensure that we're *not* built with RELRO when setting it to off.  We do
 	# not want to check for BIND_NOW however, as the linker might have that
 	# enabled by default.
-	$(RUSTC) -Zrelro-level=off hello.rs
+	$(RUSTC) -Crelro-level=off hello.rs
 	! readelf -l $(TMPDIR)/hello | grep -q GNU_RELRO