Patch "objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     objtool-allow-alternatives-to-be-ignored.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 258c76059cece01bebae098e81bacb1af2edad17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:46:24 +0000
Subject: objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

commit 258c76059cece01bebae098e81bacb1af2edad17 upstream.

Getting objtool to understand retpolines is going to be a bit of a
challenge.  For now, take advantage of the fact that retpolines are
patched in with alternatives.  Just read the original (sane)
non-alternative instruction, and ignore the patched-in retpoline.

This allows objtool to understand the control flow *around* the
retpoline, even if it can't yet follow what's inside.  This means the
ORC unwinder will fail to unwind from inside a retpoline, but will work
fine otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-3-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 tools/objtool/check.c |   62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 tools/objtool/check.h |    2 -
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -428,6 +428,40 @@ static void add_ignores(struct objtool_f
 }
 
 /*
+ * FIXME: For now, just ignore any alternatives which add retpolines.  This is
+ * a temporary hack, as it doesn't allow ORC to unwind from inside a retpoline.
+ * But it at least allows objtool to understand the control flow *around* the
+ * retpoline.
+ */
+static int add_nospec_ignores(struct objtool_file *file)
+{
+	struct section *sec;
+	struct rela *rela;
+	struct instruction *insn;
+
+	sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".rela.discard.nospec");
+	if (!sec)
+		return 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(rela, &sec->rela_list, list) {
+		if (rela->sym->type != STT_SECTION) {
+			WARN("unexpected relocation symbol type in %s", sec->name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		insn = find_insn(file, rela->sym->sec, rela->addend);
+		if (!insn) {
+			WARN("bad .discard.nospec entry");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		insn->ignore_alts = true;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Find the destination instructions for all jumps.
  */
 static int add_jump_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
@@ -509,11 +543,18 @@ static int add_call_destinations(struct
 			dest_off = insn->offset + insn->len + insn->immediate;
 			insn->call_dest = find_symbol_by_offset(insn->sec,
 								dest_off);
+			/*
+			 * FIXME: Thanks to retpolines, it's now considered
+			 * normal for a function to call within itself.  So
+			 * disable this warning for now.
+			 */
+#if 0
 			if (!insn->call_dest) {
 				WARN_FUNC("can't find call dest symbol at offset 0x%lx",
 					  insn->sec, insn->offset, dest_off);
 				return -1;
 			}
+#endif
 		} else if (rela->sym->type == STT_SECTION) {
 			insn->call_dest = find_symbol_by_offset(rela->sym->sec,
 								rela->addend+4);
@@ -678,12 +719,6 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
 		return ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(special_alt, tmp, &special_alts, list) {
-		alt = malloc(sizeof(*alt));
-		if (!alt) {
-			WARN("malloc failed");
-			ret = -1;
-			goto out;
-		}
 
 		orig_insn = find_insn(file, special_alt->orig_sec,
 				      special_alt->orig_off);
@@ -694,6 +729,10 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		/* Ignore retpoline alternatives. */
+		if (orig_insn->ignore_alts)
+			continue;
+
 		new_insn = NULL;
 		if (!special_alt->group || special_alt->new_len) {
 			new_insn = find_insn(file, special_alt->new_sec,
@@ -719,6 +758,13 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
 				goto out;
 		}
 
+		alt = malloc(sizeof(*alt));
+		if (!alt) {
+			WARN("malloc failed");
+			ret = -1;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		alt->insn = new_insn;
 		list_add_tail(&alt->list, &orig_insn->alts);
 
@@ -1035,6 +1081,10 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtoo
 
 	add_ignores(file);
 
+	ret = add_nospec_ignores(file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = add_jump_destinations(file);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
--- a/tools/objtool/check.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct instruction {
 	unsigned int len;
 	unsigned char type;
 	unsigned long immediate;
-	bool alt_group, visited, dead_end, ignore, hint, save, restore;
+	bool alt_group, visited, dead_end, ignore, hint, save, restore, ignore_alts;
 	struct symbol *call_dest;
 	struct instruction *jump_dest;
 	struct list_head alts;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jpoimboe@redhat.com are

queue-4.14/x86-spectre-add-boot-time-option-to-select-spectre-v2-mitigation.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-detect-jumps-to-retpoline-thunks.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-allow-alternatives-to-be-ignored.patch
queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-add-initial-retpoline-support.patch