From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, pjt@google.com, mbenes@suze.cz, jgross@suse.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/6] objtool,x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:01:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210219220158.GD59023@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210219215530.ivzzv3oavhuip6un@treble>
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:55:30PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 09:43:06PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Arguably it would be simpler to do the other way around, but
> > unfortunately alternatives don't work that way, we cannot say:
> >
> > ALTERNATIVE "call __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg",
> > "call *%reg", ~X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE
> >
> > That is, there is no negative form of alternatives.
>
> X86_FEATURE_NO_RETPOLINE?
We could, but it so happens Joerg is also wanting negative features. So
I was thikning that perhaps we can convince Boris they're not really all
that aweful after all :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-19 22:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-19 20:43 [RFC][PATCH 0/6] objtool: Optimize !retpoline Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 20:43 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/6] objtool: Correctly handle retpoline thunk calls Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 20:43 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/6] objtool: Fix static_call list generation Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 20:43 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/6] objtool: Rework rebuild_reloc logic Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 20:43 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/6] objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol() Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 20:43 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/6] objtool: Allow archs to rewrite retpolines Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 20:43 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/6] objtool,x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-19 21:55 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-02-19 22:01 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2021-02-20 0:39 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-20 16:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-20 17:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-20 22:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-20 22:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-21 9:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-20 22:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-02-21 5:45 ` Jürgen Groß
2021-02-21 9:44 ` Borislav Petkov
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