This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/retpoline: Remove compile time warning
to the 4.4-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-compile-time-warning.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b8b9ce4b5aec8de9e23cabb0a26b78641f9ab1d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:13:29 +0100
Subject: x86/retpoline: Remove compile time warning
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit b8b9ce4b5aec8de9e23cabb0a26b78641f9ab1d6 upstream.
Remove the compile time warning when CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y and the compiler
does not have retpoline support. Linus rationale for this is:
It's wrong because it will just make people turn off RETPOLINE, and the
asm updates - and return stack clearing - that are independent of the
compiler are likely the most important parts because they are likely the
ones easiest to target.
And it's annoying because most people won't be able to do anything about
it. The number of people building their own compiler? Very small. So if
their distro hasn't got a compiler yet (and pretty much nobody does), the
warning is just annoying crap.
It is already properly reported as part of the sysfs interface. The
compile-time warning only encourages bad things.
Fixes: 76b043848fd2 ("x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support")
Requested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzWgquv4i6Mab6bASqYXg3ErV3XDFEYf=GEcCDQg5uAtw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Makefile | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
RETPOLINE_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register)
ifneq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS) -DRETPOLINE
- else
- $(warning CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y, but not supported by the compiler. Toolchain update recommended.)
endif
endif
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/x86-spectre-add-boot-time-option-to-select-spectre-v2-mitigation.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-irq32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-hyperv-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-entry-convert-entry-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-asm-use-register-variable-to-get-stack-pointer-value.patch
queue-4.4/x86-cpu-amd-make-lfence-a-serializing-instruction.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-ftrace-convert-ftrace-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-crypto-convert-crypto-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-xen-convert-xen-hypercall-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-checksum32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-mm-32-move-setup_clear_cpu_cap-x86_feature_pcid-earlier.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-fill-return-stack-buffer-on-vmexit.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-remove-compile-time-warning.patch
queue-4.4/x86-cpu-amd-use-lfence_rdtsc-in-preference-to-mfence_rdtsc.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-add-initial-retpoline-support.patch
queue-4.4/x86-asm-make-asm-alternative.h-safe-from-assembly.patch