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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 16/16] objtool,x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls
wt., 8 cze 2021 o 20:49 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> napisał(a):
>
> On 6/8/2021 11:17 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 10:29:56AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> >> Unfortunately, this is the VM provided by the Windows Subsystem for Linux so
> >> examining it is nigh-impossible :/ I am considering bisecting the transforms
> >> that objtool does to try and figure out the one that causes the machine to
> >> fail to boot or try to reproduce in a different hypervisor, unless you have
> >> any other ideas.
> >
> > Does breaking Windows earn points similar to breaking the binary
> > drivers? :-) :-)
>
> :)
>
> > The below should kill this latest transform and would quickly confirm if
> > the that is causing your problem. If that's not it, what was your last
> > known working version?
>
> Yes, that diff gets me back to booting. I will see if I can figure out
> the exact rewrite that blows everything up.
>
> > diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> > index e5947fbb9e7a..d0f231b9c5a1 100644
> > --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> > +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> > @@ -1857,10 +1857,10 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
> > * Must be after add_special_section_alts(), since this will emit
> > * alternatives. Must be after add_{jump,call}_destination(), since
> > * those create the call insn lists.
> > - */
> > ret = arch_rewrite_retpolines(file);
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> > + */
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan

Hi Peter,

I'm sorry I was on vacation last week - do you still need the requested debugs?

Best regards,
Lukasz

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