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Subject[tip: x86/bugs] x86/retpoline: Remove .text..__x86.return_thunk section
The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip:

Commit-ID: e92626af3234708fe30f53b269d210d202b95206
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/e92626af3234708fe30f53b269d210d202b95206
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:05:02 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:13:03 +02:00

x86/retpoline: Remove .text..__x86.return_thunk section

The '.text..__x86.return_thunk' section has no purpose. Remove it and
let the return thunk code live in '.text..__x86.indirect_thunk'.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/291aad1dcb2d27c6241fe3f182d66119857757fd.1693889988.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
---
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 ---
arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 2 --
2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 54a5596..9cdb1a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ SECTIONS
LOCK_TEXT
KPROBES_TEXT
SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
-#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
*(.text..__x86.indirect_thunk)
- *(.text..__x86.return_thunk)
-#endif
STATIC_CALL_TEXT

ALIGN_ENTRY_TEXT_BEGIN
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
index 415521d..49f2be7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__x86_indirect_jump_thunk_array)

#ifdef CONFIG_RETHUNK

- .section .text..__x86.return_thunk
-
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SRSO

/*
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