From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com,
ndesaulniers@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:10:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YWdZbdo1fVd7JbBA@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211013214907.pqr3mr2m4xrh426y@treble>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 02:49:07PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> So you've got a WARN_ON_ONCE, a BUG_ON, and a too-deep feature check,
> all in the name of supporting this scheme. ok...
Mostly because I'm way too lazy to type out that table. With the thunks
being in .S, I really don't see that getting messed up, they even in
their own special section too.
> If performance of the linear lookup were a real concern then you could
> just put rax and r11 at the beginning of the array.
That would mean the table would have to be { __thunk, reg_idx }, which
is even more yuck.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-13 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-13 12:22 [PATCH 0/9] x86: Rewrite the retpoline rewrite logic Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 1/9] objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 13:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-10-13 20:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-14 15:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 2/9] x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86/asm: Fix register order Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 20:15 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 14:38 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-13 15:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 17:11 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-14 10:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 20:39 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 21:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:52 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 22:10 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2021-10-13 22:47 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-13 20:52 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 11:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 16:46 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-19 16:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-20 8:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-20 8:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 21:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 22:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 22:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-15 14:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-10-15 16:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-18 23:06 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 0:25 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 9:47 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 10:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 15:37 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-10-19 18:00 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 9:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 10:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86/alternative: Handle Jcc __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 20:11 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-10-13 21:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86/alternative: Try inline spectre_v2=retpoline,amd Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86/alternative: Add debug prints to apply_retpolines() Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 9/9] bpf,x86: Respect X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE* Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 21:06 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-14 9:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-14 9:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-20 7:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
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