Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:43:10 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Don't use cc_platform_has() for early SEV-SNP calls | From | Dave Hansen <> |
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On 8/23/22 14:55, Tom Lendacky wrote: > When running identity mapped and depending on the kernel configuration, > it is possible that cc_platform_has() can have compiler generated code > that uses jump tables. This causes a boot failure because the jump table > uses un-mapped kernel virtual addresses, not identity mapped addresses. > This has been seen with CONFIG_RETPOLINE=n.
So, we don't have *ANY* control over where the compiler uses jump tables. The kernel just happened to add some code that uses them, fell over, and this adds a hack to get booting again.
Isn't this a bigger problem?
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