This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool
to the 4.9-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-speculation-objtool-annotate-indirect-calls-jumps-for-objtool.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 9e0e3c5130e949c389caabc8033e9799b129e429 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 22:34:34 +0100
Subject: x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 9e0e3c5130e949c389caabc8033e9799b129e429 upstream.
Annotate the indirect calls/jumps in the CALL_NOSPEC/JUMP_NOSPEC
alternatives.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@
.endm
/*
+ * This should be used immediately before an indirect jump/call. It tells
+ * objtool the subsequent indirect jump/call is vouched safe for retpoline
+ * builds.
+ */
+.macro ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
+ .Lannotate_\@:
+ .pushsection .discard.retpoline_safe
+ _ASM_PTR .Lannotate_\@
+ .popsection
+.endm
+
+/*
* These are the bare retpoline primitives for indirect jmp and call.
* Do not use these directly; they only exist to make the ALTERNATIVE
* invocation below less ugly.
@@ -103,9 +115,9 @@
.macro JMP_NOSPEC reg:req
#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE
- ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(jmp *\reg), \
+ ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *\reg), \
__stringify(RETPOLINE_JMP \reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE, \
- __stringify(lfence; jmp *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
+ __stringify(lfence; ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
#else
jmp *\reg
#endif
@@ -114,9 +126,9 @@
.macro CALL_NOSPEC reg:req
#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE
- ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(call *\reg), \
+ ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; call *\reg), \
__stringify(RETPOLINE_CALL \reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE,\
- __stringify(lfence; call *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
+ __stringify(lfence; ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; call *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
#else
call *\reg
#endif
@@ -144,6 +156,12 @@
".long 999b - .\n\t" \
".popsection\n\t"
+#define ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE \
+ "999:\n\t" \
+ ".pushsection .discard.retpoline_safe\n\t" \
+ _ASM_PTR " 999b\n\t" \
+ ".popsection\n\t"
+
#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(RETPOLINE)
/*
@@ -153,6 +171,7 @@
# define CALL_NOSPEC \
ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE \
ALTERNATIVE( \
+ ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE \
"call *%[thunk_target]\n", \
"call __x86_indirect_thunk_%V[thunk_target]\n", \
X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-support-retpoline-builds-with-clang.patch
queue-4.9/revert-x86-retpoline-simplify-vmexit_fill_rsb.patch
queue-4.9/nospec-include-asm-barrier.h-dependency.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-use-ibrs-if-available-before-calling-into-firmware.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-objtool-annotate-indirect-calls-jumps-for-objtool.patch
queue-4.9/nospec-kill-array_index_nospec_mask_check.patch