This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-retpoline-remove-unused-replacement-symbols.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Tue Jul 12 05:06:57 PM CEST 2022
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:01:37 +0200
Subject: x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 4fe79e710d9574a14993f8b4e16b7252da72d5e8 upstream.
Now that objtool no longer creates alternatives, these replacement
symbols are no longer needed, remove them.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.915051744@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h | 10 --------
arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 42 ----------------------------------
2 files changed, 52 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
@@ -24,14 +24,4 @@ extern void cmpxchg8b_emu(void);
extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_thunk_ ## reg (void);
#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) \
- extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_alt_call_ ## reg (void);
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) \
- extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_alt_jmp_ ## reg (void);
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
#endif /* CONFIG_RETPOLINE */
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -41,36 +41,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg)
.endm
/*
- * This generates .altinstr_replacement symbols for use by objtool. They,
- * however, must not actually live in .altinstr_replacement since that will be
- * discarded after init, but module alternatives will also reference these
- * symbols.
- *
- * Their names matches the "__x86_indirect_" prefix to mark them as retpolines.
- */
-.macro ALT_THUNK reg
-
- .align 1
-
-SYM_FUNC_START_NOALIGN(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
- ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
-1: call *%\reg
-2: .skip 5-(2b-1b), 0x90
-SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-
-STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-
-SYM_FUNC_START_NOALIGN(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
- ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
-1: jmp *%\reg
-2: .skip 5-(2b-1b), 0x90
-SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-
-STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-
-.endm
-
-/*
* Despite being an assembler file we can't just use .irp here
* because __KSYM_DEPS__ only uses the C preprocessor and would
* only see one instance of "__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg" rather
@@ -92,15 +62,3 @@ STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_
#undef GEN
#define GEN(reg) EXPORT_THUNK(reg)
#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) ALT_THUNK reg
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) __EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_indirect_alt_call_ ## reg)
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) __EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_ ## reg)
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.15/x86-sev-avoid-using-__x86_return_thunk.patch
queue-5.15/x86-ftrace-use-alternative-ret-encoding.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-re-add-unwind_hint_-save_restore.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-add-retbleed-ibpb.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-enable-stibp-for-jmp2ret.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retpoline-cleanup-some-ifdefery.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-vmx-flatten-__vmx_vcpu_run.patch
queue-5.15/x86-kvm-vmx-make-noinstr-clean.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-x86-replace-alternatives-with-.retpoline_sites.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retbleed-add-fine-grained-kconfig-knobs.patch
queue-5.15/x86-cpu-amd-add-spectral-chicken.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-vmx-fix-ibrs-handling-after-vmexit.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-vmx-prevent-guest-rsb-poisoning-attacks-with-eibrs.patch
queue-5.15/x86-vsyscall_emu-64-don-t-use-ret-in-vsyscall-emulation.patch
queue-5.15/x86-add-magic-amd-return-thunk.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-keep-a-per-cpu-ia32_spec_ctrl-value.patch
queue-5.15/x86-objtool-create-.return_sites.patch
queue-5.15/x86-alternative-handle-jcc-__x86_indirect_thunk_-reg.patch
queue-5.15/x86-kvm-fix-setcc-emulation-for-return-thunks.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retpoline-swizzle-retpoline-thunk.patch
queue-5.15/x86-speculation-fix-firmware-entry-spec_ctrl-handling.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retpoline-remove-unused-replacement-symbols.patch
queue-5.15/x86-speculation-add-spectre_v2-ibrs-option-to-support-kernel-ibrs.patch
queue-5.15/x86-xen-add-untrain_ret.patch
queue-5.15/bpf-x86-respect-x86_feature_retpoline.patch
queue-5.15/x86-undo-return-thunk-damage.patch
queue-5.15/x86-entry-avoid-very-early-ret.patch
queue-5.15/x86-entry-move-push_and_clear_regs-back-into-error_entry.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retpoline-create-a-retpoline-thunk-array.patch
queue-5.15/x86-asm-fix-register-order.patch
queue-5.15/x86-speculation-fill-rsb-on-vmexit-for-ibrs.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-add-entry-unret-validation.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-shrink-struct-instruction.patch
queue-5.15/kvm-vmx-convert-launched-argument-to-flags.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bpf-use-alternative-ret-encoding.patch
queue-5.15/x86-common-stamp-out-the-stepping-madness.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-split-spectre_v2_select_mitigation-and-spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-report-intel-retbleed-vulnerability.patch
queue-5.15/bpf-x86-simplify-computing-label-offsets.patch
queue-5.15/x86-cpufeatures-move-retpoline-flags-to-word-11.patch
queue-5.15/x86-speculation-fix-spec_ctrl-write-on-smt-state-change.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retpoline-use-mfunction-return.patch
queue-5.15/x86-xen-rename-sys-entry-points.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-optimize-spec_ctrl-msr-writes.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-report-amd-retbleed-vulnerability.patch
queue-5.15/x86-static_call-use-alternative-ret-encoding.patch
queue-5.15/x86-speculation-fix-rsb-filling-with-config_retpoline-n.patch
queue-5.15/x86-asm-fixup-odd-gen-for-each-reg.h-usage.patch
queue-5.15/x86-alternative-add-debug-prints-to-apply_retpolines.patch
queue-5.15/x86-use-return-thunk-in-asm-code.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-classify-symbols.patch
queue-5.15/intel_idle-disable-ibrs-during-long-idle.patch
queue-5.15/x86-retpoline-move-the-retpoline-thunk-declarations-to-nospec-branch.h.patch
queue-5.15/x86-alternative-implement-.retpoline_sites-support.patch
queue-5.15/x86-alternative-try-inline-spectre_v2-retpoline-amd.patch
queue-5.15/x86-entry-remove-skip_r11rcx.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-explicitly-avoid-self-modifying-code-in-.altinstr_replacement.patch
queue-5.15/x86-speculation-use-cached-host-spec_ctrl-value-for-guest-entry-exit.patch
queue-5.15/x86-bugs-add-amd-retbleed-boot-parameter.patch
queue-5.15/x86-entry-add-kernel-ibrs-implementation.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-treat-.text.__x86.-as-noinstr.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-introduce-cfi-hash.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-default-ignore-int3-for-unreachable.patch
queue-5.15/objtool-update-retpoline-validation.patch
