The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip: Commit-ID: da3bd8872ee00f23b58c7f62dfd403dcc83e074b Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/da3bd8872ee00f23b58c7f62dfd403dcc83e074b Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:04:55 -07:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:42:47 +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> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/eadaf5530b46a7ae8b936522da45ae555d2b3393.1693889988.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: *