From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 0b53c374b9eff2255a386f1f1cfb9a928e52a5ae upstream. Utilize -mfunction-return=thunk-extern when available to have the compiler replace RET instructions with direct JMPs to the symbol __x86_return_thunk. This does not affect assembler (.S) sources, only C sources. -mfunction-return=thunk-extern has been available since gcc 7.3 and clang 15. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> [cascardo: RETPOLINE_CFLAGS is at Makefile] [cascardo: remove ANNOTATE_NOENDBR from __x86_return_thunk] Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 2 ++ arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 2 ++ arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 12 ++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+) --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -687,11 +687,13 @@ endif ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register) +RETPOLINE_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mfunction-return=thunk-extern) RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register) endif ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := -mretpoline-external-thunk RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS := -mretpoline +RETPOLINE_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mfunction-return=thunk-extern) endif export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ _ASM_PTR " 999b\n\t" \ ".popsection\n\t" +extern void __x86_return_thunk(void); + #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE typedef u8 retpoline_thunk_t[RETPOLINE_THUNK_SIZE]; --- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S +++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S @@ -66,3 +66,15 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__x86_indirect_thunk_array) #define GEN(reg) EXPORT_THUNK(reg) #include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h> #undef GEN + +/* + * This function name is magical and is used by -mfunction-return=thunk-extern + * for the compiler to generate JMPs to it. + */ +SYM_CODE_START(__x86_return_thunk) + UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY + ret + int3 +SYM_CODE_END(__x86_return_thunk) + +__EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_return_thunk)
