The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip: Commit-ID: 3033c66da13ca363ad2f10dcd858c994e2f4bd00 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/3033c66da13ca363ad2f10dcd858c994e2f4bd00 Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:01:44 -07:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:22:00 +02:00 x86/srso: Improve i-cache locality for alias mitigation Move srso_alias_return_thunk() to the same section as srso_alias_safe_ret() so they can share a cache line. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4f975cf178ab641d3720362f244694408d85ecca.1692919072.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx --- arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S index cd86aeb..9ab634f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S +++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S @@ -177,15 +177,14 @@ SYM_START(srso_alias_safe_ret, SYM_L_GLOBAL, SYM_A_NONE) int3 SYM_FUNC_END(srso_alias_safe_ret) - .section .text..__x86.return_thunk - -SYM_CODE_START(srso_alias_return_thunk) +SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(srso_alias_return_thunk) UNWIND_HINT_FUNC ANNOTATE_NOENDBR call srso_alias_safe_ret ud2 SYM_CODE_END(srso_alias_return_thunk) + .section .text..__x86.return_thunk /* * Some generic notes on the untraining sequences: *