Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: Rewrite ret_from_fork() in C

Joe Lawrence
2023-07-19T20:35:35Z

On 7/19/23 11:21, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Fri 2023-06-23 18:55:29, Brian Gerst wrote:
>> When kCFI is enabled, special handling is needed for the indirect call
>> to the kernel thread function. Rewrite the ret_from_fork() function in
>> C so that the compiler can properly handle the indirect call.
>
> This patch broke livepatching. Kthreads never have a reliable stack.
> It works when I revert it.
>

Just curious -- did the selftests catch this anywhere? I'm not 100%
clear on what trees / frequency they all run, so maybe Petr you found
this by code inspection or other means?

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Joe