Re: [RFC PATCH v2 20/21] x86: Add support for CONFIG_CFI_CLANG

Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-16T20:37:41Z

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:39:19PM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:

> > > With the current compiler patch, LLVM sets up function arguments after
> > > the CFI check. if it's a problem, we can look into changing that.
> >
> > Yes, please fix that. Again see that same patch for why this is a
> > problem. Objtool can trivially find retpoline calls, but finding this
> > kCFI gadget is going to be hard work. If you ensure they're
> > unconditionally stuck together, then the problem goes away find one,
> > finds the other.
>
> You can use .kcfi_traps to locate the check right now, but I agree,
> it's not quite ideal.

Oohh, indeed. Looking at that, I think .kcfi_traps would be better as
relative offsets; eg. 'addr = (void*)s + *s' like. Halfs the amount of
storage needed for it.

Also, that code can use a few {} extra.