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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Re-add UNWIND_HINT_{SAVE_RESTORE}</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-24T10:52:40+00:00</published>
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commit 8faea26e611189e933ea2281975ff4dc7c1106b6 upstream.

Commit

  c536ed2fffd5 ("objtool: Remove SAVE/RESTORE hints")

removed the save/restore unwind hints because they were no longer
needed. Now they're going to be needed again so re-add them.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo &lt;cascardo@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 8faea26e611189e933ea2281975ff4dc7c1106b6 upstream.

Commit

  c536ed2fffd5 ("objtool: Remove SAVE/RESTORE hints")

removed the save/restore unwind hints because they were no longer
needed. Now they're going to be needed again so re-add them.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo &lt;cascardo@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Add entry UNRET validation</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-14T21:16:03+00:00</published>
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commit a09a6e2399ba0595c3042b3164f3ca68a3cff33e upstream.

Since entry asm is tricky, add a validation pass that ensures the
retbleed mitigation has been done before the first actual RET
instruction.

Entry points are those that either have UNWIND_HINT_ENTRY, which acts
as UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY but marks the instruction as an entry point, or
those that have UWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS at +0.

This is basically a variant of validate_branch() that is
intra-function and it will simply follow all branches from marked
entry points and ensures that all paths lead to ANNOTATE_UNRET_END.

If a path hits RET or an indirection the path is a fail and will be
reported.

There are 3 ANNOTATE_UNRET_END instances:

 - UNTRAIN_RET itself
 - exception from-kernel; this path doesn't need UNTRAIN_RET
 - all early exceptions; these also don't need UNTRAIN_RET

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
[cascardo: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S no pt_regs return at .Lerror_entry_done_lfence]
[cascardo: tools/objtool/builtin-check.c no link option validation]
[cascardo: tools/objtool/check.c opts.ibt is ibt]
[cascardo: tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h leave unret option as bool, no struct opts]
[cascardo: objtool is still called from scripts/link-vmlinux.sh]
[cascardo: no IBT support]
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo &lt;cascardo@canonical.com&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 5.10:
 - In scripts/link-vmlinux.sh, use "test -n" instead of is_enabled
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit a09a6e2399ba0595c3042b3164f3ca68a3cff33e upstream.

Since entry asm is tricky, add a validation pass that ensures the
retbleed mitigation has been done before the first actual RET
instruction.

Entry points are those that either have UNWIND_HINT_ENTRY, which acts
as UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY but marks the instruction as an entry point, or
those that have UWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS at +0.

This is basically a variant of validate_branch() that is
intra-function and it will simply follow all branches from marked
entry points and ensures that all paths lead to ANNOTATE_UNRET_END.

If a path hits RET or an indirection the path is a fail and will be
reported.

There are 3 ANNOTATE_UNRET_END instances:

 - UNTRAIN_RET itself
 - exception from-kernel; this path doesn't need UNTRAIN_RET
 - all early exceptions; these also don't need UNTRAIN_RET

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
[cascardo: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S no pt_regs return at .Lerror_entry_done_lfence]
[cascardo: tools/objtool/builtin-check.c no link option validation]
[cascardo: tools/objtool/check.c opts.ibt is ibt]
[cascardo: tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h leave unret option as bool, no struct opts]
[cascardo: objtool is still called from scripts/link-vmlinux.sh]
[cascardo: no IBT support]
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo &lt;cascardo@canonical.com&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 5.10:
 - In scripts/link-vmlinux.sh, use "test -n" instead of is_enabled
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Introduce CFI hash</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-24T09:41:01+00:00</published>
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commit 8b946cc38e063f0f7bb67789478c38f6d7d457c9 upstream.

Andi reported that objtool on vmlinux.o consumes more memory than his
system has, leading to horrific performance.

This is in part because we keep a struct instruction for every
instruction in the file in-memory. Shrink struct instruction by
removing the CFI state (which includes full register state) from it
and demand allocating it.

Given most instructions don't actually change CFI state, there's lots
of repetition there, so add a hash table to find previous CFI
instances.

Reduces memory consumption (and runtime) for processing an
x86_64-allyesconfig:

  pre:  4:40.84 real,   143.99 user,    44.18 sys,      30624988 mem
  post: 2:14.61 real,   108.58 user,    25.04 sys,      16396184 mem

Suggested-by: Andi Kleen &lt;andi@firstfloor.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624095147.756759107@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo &lt;cascardo@canonical.com&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 5.10:
 - Don't use bswap_if_needed() since we don't have any of the other fixes
   for mixed-endian cross-compilation
 - Since we don't have "objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing", make
   cfi_hash_alloc() set the number of bits similarly to elf_hash_bits()
 - objtool doesn't have any mcount handling
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 8b946cc38e063f0f7bb67789478c38f6d7d457c9 upstream.

Andi reported that objtool on vmlinux.o consumes more memory than his
system has, leading to horrific performance.

This is in part because we keep a struct instruction for every
instruction in the file in-memory. Shrink struct instruction by
removing the CFI state (which includes full register state) from it
and demand allocating it.

Given most instructions don't actually change CFI state, there's lots
of repetition there, so add a hash table to find previous CFI
instances.

Reduces memory consumption (and runtime) for processing an
x86_64-allyesconfig:

  pre:  4:40.84 real,   143.99 user,    44.18 sys,      30624988 mem
  post: 2:14.61 real,   108.58 user,    25.04 sys,      16396184 mem

Suggested-by: Andi Kleen &lt;andi@firstfloor.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624095147.756759107@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo &lt;cascardo@canonical.com&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 5.10:
 - Don't use bswap_if_needed() since we don't have any of the other fixes
   for mixed-endian cross-compilation
 - Since we don't have "objtool: Rewrite hashtable sizing", make
   cfi_hash_alloc() set the number of bits similarly to elf_hash_bits()
 - objtool doesn't have any mcount handling
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Cache instruction relocs</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:13+00:00</published>
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commit 7bd2a600f3e9d27286bbf23c83d599e9cc7cf245 upstream.

Track the reloc of instructions in the new instruction-&gt;reloc field
to avoid having to look them up again later.

( Technically x86 instructions can have two relocations, but not jumps
  and calls, for which we're using this. )

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.195441549@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 7bd2a600f3e9d27286bbf23c83d599e9cc7cf245 upstream.

Track the reloc of instructions in the new instruction-&gt;reloc field
to avoid having to look them up again later.

( Technically x86 instructions can have two relocations, but not jumps
  and calls, for which we're using this. )

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.195441549@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Keep track of retpoline call sites</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-26T15:12:12+00:00</published>
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commit 43d5430ad74ef5156353af7aec352426ec7a8e57 upstream.

Provide infrastructure for architectures to rewrite/augment compiler
generated retpoline calls. Similar to what we do for static_call()s,
keep track of the instructions that are retpoline calls.

Use the same list_head, since a retpoline call cannot also be a
static_call.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.130805730@infradead.org
[bwh: Backported to 5.10: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 43d5430ad74ef5156353af7aec352426ec7a8e57 upstream.

Provide infrastructure for architectures to rewrite/augment compiler
generated retpoline calls. Similar to what we do for static_call()s,
keep track of the instructions that are retpoline calls.

Use the same list_head, since a retpoline call cannot also be a
static_call.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.130805730@infradead.org
[bwh: Backported to 5.10: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Combine UNWIND_HINT_RET_OFFSET and UNWIND_HINT_FUNC</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-21T21:29:24+00:00</published>
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commit b735bd3e68824316655252a931a3353a6ebc036f upstream.

The ORC metadata generated for UNWIND_HINT_FUNC isn't actually very
func-like.  With certain usages it can cause stack state mismatches
because it doesn't set the return address (CFI_RA).

Also, users of UNWIND_HINT_RET_OFFSET no longer need to set a custom
return stack offset.  Instead they just need to specify a func-like
situation, so the current ret_offset code is hacky for no good reason.

Solve both problems by simplifying the RET_OFFSET handling and
converting it into a more useful UNWIND_HINT_FUNC.

If we end up needing the old 'ret_offset' functionality again in the
future, we should be able to support it pretty easily with the addition
of a custom 'sp_offset' in UNWIND_HINT_FUNC.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/db9d1f5d79dddfbb3725ef6d8ec3477ad199948d.1611263462.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
[bwh: Backported to 5.10:
 - Don't use bswap_if_needed() since we don't have any of the other fixes
   for mixed-endian cross-compilation
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b735bd3e68824316655252a931a3353a6ebc036f upstream.

The ORC metadata generated for UNWIND_HINT_FUNC isn't actually very
func-like.  With certain usages it can cause stack state mismatches
because it doesn't set the return address (CFI_RA).

Also, users of UNWIND_HINT_RET_OFFSET no longer need to set a custom
return stack offset.  Instead they just need to specify a func-like
situation, so the current ret_offset code is hacky for no good reason.

Solve both problems by simplifying the RET_OFFSET handling and
converting it into a more useful UNWIND_HINT_FUNC.

If we end up needing the old 'ret_offset' functionality again in the
future, we should be able to support it pretty easily with the addition
of a custom 'sp_offset' in UNWIND_HINT_FUNC.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/db9d1f5d79dddfbb3725ef6d8ec3477ad199948d.1611263462.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
[bwh: Backported to 5.10:
 - Don't use bswap_if_needed() since we don't have any of the other fixes
   for mixed-endian cross-compilation
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Support stack layout changes in alternatives</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-18T20:26:21+00:00</published>
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commit c9c324dc22aab1687da37001b321b6dfa93a0699 upstream.

The ORC unwinder showed a warning [1] which revealed the stack layout
didn't match what was expected.  The problem was that paravirt patching
had replaced "CALL *pv_ops.irq.save_fl" with "PUSHF;POP".  That changed
the stack layout between the PUSHF and the POP, so unwinding from an
interrupt which occurred between those two instructions would fail.

Part of the agreed upon solution was to rework the custom paravirt
patching code to use alternatives instead, since objtool already knows
how to read alternatives (and converging runtime patching infrastructure
is always a good thing anyway).  But the main problem still remains,
which is that runtime patching can change the stack layout.

Making stack layout changes in alternatives was disallowed with commit
7117f16bf460 ("objtool: Fix ORC vs alternatives"), but now that paravirt
is going to be doing it, it needs to be supported.

One way to do so would be to modify the ORC table when the code gets
patched.  But ORC is simple -- a good thing! -- and it's best to leave
it alone.

Instead, support stack layout changes by "flattening" all possible stack
states (CFI) from parallel alternative code streams into a single set of
linear states.  The only necessary limitation is that CFI conflicts are
disallowed at all possible instruction boundaries.

For example, this scenario is allowed:

          Alt1                    Alt2                    Alt3

   0x00   CALL *pv_ops.save_fl    CALL xen_save_fl        PUSHF
   0x01                                                   POP %RAX
   0x02                                                   NOP
   ...
   0x05                           NOP
   ...
   0x07   &lt;insn&gt;

The unwind information for offset-0x00 is identical for all 3
alternatives.  Similarly offset-0x05 and higher also are identical (and
the same as 0x00).  However offset-0x01 has deviating CFI, but that is
only relevant for Alt3, neither of the other alternative instruction
streams will ever hit that offset.

This scenario is NOT allowed:

          Alt1                    Alt2

   0x00   CALL *pv_ops.save_fl    PUSHF
   0x01                           NOP6
   ...
   0x07   NOP                     POP %RAX

The problem here is that offset-0x7, which is an instruction boundary in
both possible instruction patch streams, has two conflicting stack
layouts.

[ The above examples were stolen from Peter Zijlstra. ]

The new flattened CFI array is used both for the detection of conflicts
(like the second example above) and the generation of linear ORC
entries.

BTW, another benefit of these changes is that, thanks to some related
cleanups (new fake nops and alt_group struct) objtool can finally be rid
of fake jumps, which were a constant source of headaches.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201111170536.arx2zbn4ngvjoov7@treble

Cc: Shinichiro Kawasaki &lt;shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit c9c324dc22aab1687da37001b321b6dfa93a0699 upstream.

The ORC unwinder showed a warning [1] which revealed the stack layout
didn't match what was expected.  The problem was that paravirt patching
had replaced "CALL *pv_ops.irq.save_fl" with "PUSHF;POP".  That changed
the stack layout between the PUSHF and the POP, so unwinding from an
interrupt which occurred between those two instructions would fail.

Part of the agreed upon solution was to rework the custom paravirt
patching code to use alternatives instead, since objtool already knows
how to read alternatives (and converging runtime patching infrastructure
is always a good thing anyway).  But the main problem still remains,
which is that runtime patching can change the stack layout.

Making stack layout changes in alternatives was disallowed with commit
7117f16bf460 ("objtool: Fix ORC vs alternatives"), but now that paravirt
is going to be doing it, it needs to be supported.

One way to do so would be to modify the ORC table when the code gets
patched.  But ORC is simple -- a good thing! -- and it's best to leave
it alone.

Instead, support stack layout changes by "flattening" all possible stack
states (CFI) from parallel alternative code streams into a single set of
linear states.  The only necessary limitation is that CFI conflicts are
disallowed at all possible instruction boundaries.

For example, this scenario is allowed:

          Alt1                    Alt2                    Alt3

   0x00   CALL *pv_ops.save_fl    CALL xen_save_fl        PUSHF
   0x01                                                   POP %RAX
   0x02                                                   NOP
   ...
   0x05                           NOP
   ...
   0x07   &lt;insn&gt;

The unwind information for offset-0x00 is identical for all 3
alternatives.  Similarly offset-0x05 and higher also are identical (and
the same as 0x00).  However offset-0x01 has deviating CFI, but that is
only relevant for Alt3, neither of the other alternative instruction
streams will ever hit that offset.

This scenario is NOT allowed:

          Alt1                    Alt2

   0x00   CALL *pv_ops.save_fl    PUSHF
   0x01                           NOP6
   ...
   0x07   NOP                     POP %RAX

The problem here is that offset-0x7, which is an instruction boundary in
both possible instruction patch streams, has two conflicting stack
layouts.

[ The above examples were stolen from Peter Zijlstra. ]

The new flattened CFI array is used both for the detection of conflicts
(like the second example above) and the generation of linear ORC
entries.

BTW, another benefit of these changes is that, thanks to some related
cleanups (new fake nops and alt_group struct) objtool can finally be rid
of fake jumps, which were a constant source of headaches.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201111170536.arx2zbn4ngvjoov7@treble

Cc: Shinichiro Kawasaki &lt;shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>objtool: Add 'alt_group' struct</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-18T20:19:32+00:00</published>
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commit b23cc71c62747f2e4c3e56138872cf47e1294f8a upstream.

Create a new struct associated with each group of alternatives
instructions.  This will help with the removal of fake jumps, and more
importantly with adding support for stack layout changes in
alternatives.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b23cc71c62747f2e4c3e56138872cf47e1294f8a upstream.

Create a new struct associated with each group of alternatives
instructions.  This will help with the removal of fake jumps, and more
importantly with adding support for stack layout changes in
alternatives.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Refactor ORC section generation</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T09:26:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-17T21:02:42+00:00</published>
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commit ab4e0744e99b87e1a223e89fc3c9ae44f727c9a6 upstream.

Decouple ORC entries from instructions.  This simplifies the
control/data flow, and is going to make it easier to support alternative
instructions which change the stack layout.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit ab4e0744e99b87e1a223e89fc3c9ae44f727c9a6 upstream.

Decouple ORC entries from instructions.  This simplifies the
control/data flow, and is going to make it easier to support alternative
instructions which change the stack layout.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Fix retpoline detection in asm code</title>
<updated>2021-03-04T10:38:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-21T21:29:18+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 1f9a1b74942485a0a29e7c4a9a9f2fe8aea17766 ]

The JMP_NOSPEC macro branches to __x86_retpoline_*() rather than the
__x86_indirect_thunk_*() wrappers used by C code.  Detect jumps to
__x86_retpoline_*() as retpoline dynamic jumps.

Presumably this doesn't trigger a user-visible bug.  I only found it
when testing vmlinux.o validation.

Fixes: 39b735332cb8 ("objtool: Detect jumps to retpoline thunks")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/31f5833e2e4f01e3d755889ac77e3661e906c09f.1611263461.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 1f9a1b74942485a0a29e7c4a9a9f2fe8aea17766 ]

The JMP_NOSPEC macro branches to __x86_retpoline_*() rather than the
__x86_indirect_thunk_*() wrappers used by C code.  Detect jumps to
__x86_retpoline_*() as retpoline dynamic jumps.

Presumably this doesn't trigger a user-visible bug.  I only found it
when testing vmlinux.o validation.

Fixes: 39b735332cb8 ("objtool: Detect jumps to retpoline thunks")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/31f5833e2e4f01e3d755889ac77e3661e906c09f.1611263461.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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