[PATCH 5.10 023/130] objtool: Correctly handle retpoline thunk calls

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-07-12T18:41:50Z

commit bcb1b6ff39da7e8a6a986eb08126fba2b5e13c32 upstream.

Just like JMP handling, convert a direct CALL to a retpoline thunk
into a retpoline safe indirect CALL.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151259.567568238@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -953,6 +953,18 @@ static int add_call_destinations(struct
dest_off);
return -1;
}
+
+ } else if (!strncmp(reloc->sym->name, "__x86_indirect_thunk_", 21)) {
+ /*
+ * Retpoline calls are really dynamic calls in
+ * disguise, so convert them accordingly.
+ */
+ insn->type = INSN_CALL_DYNAMIC;
+ insn->retpoline_safe = true;
+
+ remove_insn_ops(insn);
+ continue;
+
} else
insn->call_dest = reloc->sym;