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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, joao@overdrivepizza.com, hjl.tools@gmail.com,
	jpoimboe@redhat.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ndesaulniers@google.com,
	keescook@chromium.org, samitolvanen@google.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/6] x86: Annotate _THIS_IP_
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:14:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YZz3VUh2czlD1aWQ@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211123135348.GE37253@lakrids.cambridge.arm.com>

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 01:53:49PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 06:03:02PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > In order to find _THIS_IP_ code references in objtool, annotate them.
> 
> Just to check my understanding, IIUC this is because in later patches
> you'll look at text relocations to spot missing ENDBRs, and when doing
> so you need to filter out _THIS_IP_ instances, since those don't need an
> ENDBR. Is that right?
> 
> Just checking I haven't missed some other concern that might apply to
> arm64's BTI (Branch Target Identifier), which are analagous to ENDBR.

Correct; since _THIS_IP_ is never used for control flow (afaik, let's
hope to $deity etc..) we can ignore any relocation resulting from it
(lots!).



  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-23 14:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-22 17:03 [RFC][PATCH 0/6] x86: Kernel IBT beginnings Peter Zijlstra
2021-11-22 17:03 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/6] x86: Annotate _THIS_IP_ Peter Zijlstra
2021-11-23 13:53   ` Mark Rutland
2021-11-23 14:14     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2021-11-24 18:18       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-11-22 17:03 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/6] x86: Base IBT bits Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-08 23:32   ` Kees Cook
2021-11-22 17:03 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/6] x86: Add ENDBR to IRET-to-Self Peter Zijlstra
2021-11-22 18:09   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-08 23:33     ` Kees Cook
2021-11-22 17:03 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/6] objtool: Read the _THIS_IP_ hints Peter Zijlstra
2021-11-22 17:03 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/6] x86: Sprinkle ENDBR dust Peter Zijlstra
2021-11-23 14:00   ` Mark Rutland
2021-11-23 14:21     ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-08 23:38     ` Kees Cook
2021-11-22 17:03 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/6] objtool: Add IBT validation / fixups Peter Zijlstra
2021-11-24 19:30   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2022-02-08 23:43     ` Kees Cook
2022-02-09  5:09       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2022-02-09 11:41       ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-09 11:45         ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-12-24  2:05   ` joao
2022-02-08 23:42     ` Kees Cook
2022-02-09  2:21       ` Joao Moreira
2022-02-09  4:05         ` Kees Cook
2022-02-09  5:18           ` Joao Moreira
2022-02-11 13:38             ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-14 21:38               ` Sami Tolvanen
2022-02-14 22:25                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-15 16:56                   ` Sami Tolvanen
2022-02-15 20:03                     ` Kees Cook
2022-02-15 21:05                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-15 23:05                         ` Kees Cook
2022-02-15 23:38                           ` Joao Moreira
2022-02-16 12:24                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-15 20:53                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-15 22:45               ` Joao Moreira
2022-02-16  0:57               ` Andrew Cooper
2022-03-02  3:06               ` Peter Collingbourne
2022-03-02  3:32                 ` Joao Moreira
2022-06-08 17:53                 ` Fāng-ruì Sòng
2022-06-09  0:05                   ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-11-23  7:58 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/6] x86: Kernel IBT beginnings Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-23  9:02   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-02-08 23:48 ` Kees Cook
2022-02-09  0:09 ` Nick Desaulniers

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