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objtool: Detect jumps to retpoline thunks
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A direct jump to a retpoline thunk is really an indirect jump in
disguise.  Change the objtool instruction type accordingly.

Objtool needs to know where indirect branches are so it can detect
switch statement jump tables.

This fixes a bunch of warnings with CONFIG_RETPOLINE like:

  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_nhmex.o: warning: objtool: nhmex_rbox_msr_enable_event()+0x44: sibling call from callable instruction with modified stack frame
  kernel/signal.o: warning: objtool: copy_siginfo_to_user()+0x91: sibling call from callable instruction with modified stack frame
  ...

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Tim Chen <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Turner <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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jpoimboe authored and KAGA-KOKO committed Jan 11, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ static int add_jump_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
} else if (rela->sym->sec->idx) {
dest_sec = rela->sym->sec;
dest_off = rela->sym->sym.st_value + rela->addend + 4;
} else if (strstr(rela->sym->name, "_indirect_thunk_")) {
/*
* Retpoline jumps are really dynamic jumps in
* disguise, so convert them accordingly.
*/
insn->type = INSN_JUMP_DYNAMIC;
continue;
} else {
/* sibling call */
insn->jump_dest = 0;
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