The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip: Commit-ID: 6cb0ce310bad46ba9bc20ca906ff2ca40f170462 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/6cb0ce310bad46ba9bc20ca906ff2ca40f170462 Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:05:02 -07:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:05:07 +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@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/291aad1dcb2d27c6241fe3f182d66119857757fd.1693889988.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx --- 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 9188834..f1c3516 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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