From: Calvin Owens <calvin@wbinvd.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/cfi: add __init_or_module annotations for fineibt
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:05:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aio0BkfCHp-Bfd8t@mozart.vkv.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610200206.GEainCvnP1tYiX6rdu@fat_crate.local>
On Wednesday 06/10 at 13:02 -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 08:54:26AM -0700, Calvin Owens wrote:
> > On Monday 05/25 at 20:22 -0700, Calvin Owens wrote:
> > > I'm seeing some benign section mismatch warnings with fineibt when
> > > building kernels with CONFIG_MODULES=n:
> > >
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0x1db (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0x473 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0x57c (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0x6d9 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0xb57 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0xb81 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0xd00 (section: .text) -> poison_endbr (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0xdd3 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0xe58 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __apply_fineibt+0xe85 (section: .text) -> text_poke_early (section: .init.text)
> > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: apply_fineibt+0x8 (section: .text.unlikely.) -> __apply_fineibt (section: .init.text)
> > >
> > > Add the missing __init_or_module section annotations to fix the
> > > warnings, and also free up a tiny bit of memory after boot.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvin@wbinvd.org>
> >
> > Gentle ping.
>
> This is just fixing warnings so it can wait until after the merge window,
> right?
It can definitely wait for 7.2, I just haven't seen it in -next yet.
But if it's easier to do it after 7.2-rc1 at this point that's fine too.
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-11 4:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-26 3:22 [PATCH] x86/cfi: add __init_or_module annotations for fineibt Calvin Owens
2026-05-26 5:08 ` Juergen Gross
2026-06-10 15:54 ` Calvin Owens
2026-06-10 20:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-06-11 4:05 ` Calvin Owens [this message]
2026-06-10 19:54 ` Kees Cook
2026-06-28 22:24 ` [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/cfi: Add " tip-bot2 for Calvin Owens
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