Patch "x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

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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



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