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objtool: Add retpoline validation
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:24:06 +0000 (10:24 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:54:37 +0000 (10:54 +0100)
commite6993149fa4d3700c66cf4607833588c052cca89
tree07f02a2ca605b4572e0a816503d70eece0123d9a
parent8c2768139ffbcf4c85d4006d090e07f93d696073
objtool: Add retpoline validation

commit b5bc2231b8ad4387c9641f235ca0ad8cd300b6df upstream.

David requested a objtool validation pass for CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y enabled
builds, where it validates no unannotated indirect  jumps or calls are
left.

Add an additional .discard.retpoline_safe section to allow annotating
the few indirect sites that are required and safe.

Requested-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
scripts/Makefile.build
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
tools/objtool/builtin.h
tools/objtool/check.c
tools/objtool/check.h