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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 01/17] x86/alternative: Unconditional custom return thunk
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On 9.08.23 г. 10:12 ч., Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> There is infrastructure to rewrite return thunks to point to any
> random thunk one desires, unwrap that from CALL_THUNKS, which up to
> now was the sole user of that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 4 ----
> arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
> @@ -347,11 +347,7 @@ extern void srso_untrain_ret(void);
> extern void srso_untrain_ret_alias(void);
> extern void entry_ibpb(void);
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CALL_THUNKS
> extern void (*x86_return_thunk)(void);
> -#else
> -#define x86_return_thunk (&__x86_return_thunk)
> -#endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING
> extern void __x86_return_skl(void);
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> @@ -698,9 +698,7 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_ret
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_RETHUNK
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CALL_THUNKS
> void (*x86_return_thunk)(void) __ro_after_init = &__x86_return_thunk;
> -#endif
>
> /*
> * Rewrite the compiler generated return thunk tail-calls.
>
>


Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>

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