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objtool: Add retpoline validation
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:24:06 +0000 (10:24 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:05:04 +0000 (09:05 +0100)
commitb5bc2231b8ad4387c9641f235ca0ad8cd300b6df
treea6ce9e09e9f1424f9506bf8b1ba375c88a044a76
parent43a4525f80534530077683f6472d8971646b0ace
objtool: Add retpoline validation

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>
scripts/Makefile.build
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
tools/objtool/builtin.h
tools/objtool/check.c
tools/objtool/check.h