3.16.56-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 9351803bd803cdbeb9b5a7850b7b6f464806e3db upstream. Convert all indirect jumps in ftrace assembler code to use non-speculative sequences when CONFIG_RETPOLINE is enabled. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-8-git-send-email-dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filenames, context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S @@ -1189,7 +1189,8 @@ trace: movl 0x4(%ebp), %edx subl $MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, %eax - call *ftrace_trace_function + movl ftrace_trace_function, %ecx + CALL_NOSPEC %ecx popl %edx popl %ecx @@ -1224,7 +1225,7 @@ return_to_handler: movl %eax, %ecx popl %edx popl %eax - jmp *%ecx + JMP_NOSPEC %ecx #endif #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING --- a/arch/x86/kernel/mcount_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mcount_64.S @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ #include <linux/linkage.h> #include <asm/ptrace.h> #include <asm/ftrace.h> - +#include <asm/nospec-branch.h> .code64 .section .entry.text, "ax" @@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ trace: #endif subq $MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, %rdi - call *ftrace_trace_function - + movq ftrace_trace_function, %r8 + CALL_NOSPEC %r8 MCOUNT_RESTORE_FRAME jmp ftrace_stub @@ -254,5 +254,5 @@ GLOBAL(return_to_handler) movq 8(%rsp), %rdx movq (%rsp), %rax addq $24, %rsp - jmp *%rdi + JMP_NOSPEC %rdi #endif