From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jpoimboe@redhat.com, jthierry@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] objtool: Add support for return trampoline call
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 17:27:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200402152717.GE20730@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200402082220.808-5-alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 10:22:17AM +0200, Alexandre Chartre wrote:
> With retpoline, the return instruction is used to branch to an address
> stored on the stack. So, unlike a regular return instruction, when a
> retpoline return instruction is reached the stack has been modified
> compared to what we have when the function was entered.
>
> Provide the mechanism to explicitly call-out such return instruction
> so that objtool can correctly handle them.
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200331222703.GH2452@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
And also, the split out version:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git/commit/?h=core/objtool&id=ec9d9549901dfd2ff411676dfc624e50219e4d5a
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-02 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-02 8:22 [PATCH 0/7] objtool changes to remove most ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 1/7] objtool: is_fentry_call() crashes if call has no destination Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 2/7] objtool: Allow branches within the same alternative Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 12:03 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-02 12:38 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 3/7] objtool: Add support for intra-function calls Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 12:53 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-02 13:24 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 13:38 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-02 14:56 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 15:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-02 15:54 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 7:06 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 15:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 17:27 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 8:01 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-03 12:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 12:49 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-03 14:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 14:44 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 4/7] objtool: Add support for return trampoline call Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 13:26 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-02 14:46 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 15:31 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-02 15:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 8:11 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-03 15:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 15:22 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 15:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 15:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 15:55 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-04 13:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-04 14:22 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-04 15:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-06 8:19 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-06 9:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-06 11:03 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-06 14:16 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 15:27 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2020-04-03 7:19 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-06 14:34 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-06 14:55 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 5/7] x86/speculation: Annotate intra-function calls Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-03 16:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 16:16 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 17:14 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-03 17:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 17:24 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-03 18:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 6/7] x86/speculation: Annotate retpoline return instructions Alexandre Chartre
2020-04-02 8:22 ` [PATCH 7/7] x86/speculation: Remove most ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE Alexandre Chartre
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20200402152717.GE20730@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net \
--to=peterz@infradead.org \
--cc=alexandre.chartre@oracle.com \
--cc=jpoimboe@redhat.com \
--cc=jthierry@redhat.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
--cc=x86@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox