From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>,
Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>,
Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] x86,sme: Annotate indirect call
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:00:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180131160018.GU2269@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180131150451.5m2pg4u33d72bpbw@treble>
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 09:04:51AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> If there's no harm, it would be simpler and more robust to just do
> retpolines everywhere and not worry about special cases.
>
> (Forgetting paravirt for the moment, which is the eternal "special
> case".)
>
> I was also thinking about adding a debug option for _runtime_ retpoline
> verification that decodes all kernel text and reports any indirect
> branches it finds (yes, kind of like an in-kernel objtool). That would
> be a lot more straightforward without special cases. Obviously
> .init.text wouldn't be a problem there, but the other annotated safe
> locations would.
Like said, even retpolines themselves need annotation. We could simply
keep the section and not .discard. it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-31 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-23 15:25 [PATCH 00/24] objtool: retpoline and asm-goto validation Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 01/24] objtool: Use existing global variables for options Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 02/24] objtool: Add retpoline validation Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 18:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-26 9:54 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 03/24] x86/paravirt: Annotate indirect calls Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-25 10:02 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-25 10:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-25 10:26 ` Juergen Gross
2018-01-25 10:52 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-25 11:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-26 9:57 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 17:58 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-29 18:09 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 18:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 18:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-29 19:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-30 16:02 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-31 4:13 ` [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Remove 'noreplace-paravirt' cmdline option Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-31 5:59 ` Juergen Gross
2018-01-31 9:42 ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 04/24] x86,nospec: Annotate indirect calls/jumps Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-26 10:19 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 17:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 05/24] x86: Annotate indirect jump in head_64.S Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-26 10:24 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 06/24] x86,kvm: Fix indirect calls in emulator Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 20:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-23 20:48 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 10:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 10:43 ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-25 9:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-25 9:49 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-26 10:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 07/24] x86,vmx: Fix indirect call Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-25 9:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 08/24] x86,sme: Annotate " Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-26 10:37 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 17:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 17:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-31 9:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-31 15:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-31 16:00 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 09/24] jump_label: Add branch hints to static_branch_{un,}likely() Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 18:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 10/24] sched: Optimize ttwu_stat() Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 11/24] x86: Reindent _static_cpu_has Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 12/24] x86: Update _static_cpu_has to use all named variables Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-25 19:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 13/24] objtool: Implement base jump_assert support Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-26 10:45 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 14/24] x86: Add a type field to alt_instr Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 15/24] x86: Annotate static_cpu_has alternative Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 16/24] objtool: Implement jump_assert for _static_cpu_has() Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 17/24] objtool: Introduce special_type Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 18/24] objtool: More complex static jump implementation Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 19/24] objtool: Even more complex static block checks Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 20/24] objtool: Another static block fail Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 22:52 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-30 9:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-31 3:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-31 10:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-31 10:07 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-31 10:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:26 ` [PATCH 21/24] objtool: Skip static assert when KCOV/KASAN Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:26 ` [PATCH 22/24] x86/jump_label: Implement arch_static_assert() Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:26 ` [PATCH 23/24] x86: Force asm-goto Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:26 ` [PATCH 24/24] x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:42 ` [PATCH 00/24] objtool: retpoline and asm-goto validation Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-23 15:57 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 16:03 ` Peter Zijlstra
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