43aa0a195f
Pull objtool updates from Thomas Gleixner:
- Improve retpoline code patching by separating it from alternatives
which reduces memory footprint and allows to do better optimizations
in the actual runtime patching.
- Add proper retpoline support for x86/BPF
- Address noinstr warnings in x86/kvm, lockdep and paravirtualization
code
- Add support to handle pv_opsindirect calls in the noinstr analysis
- Classify symbols upfront and cache the result to avoid redundant
str*cmp() invocations.
- Add a CFI hash to reduce memory consumption which also reduces
runtime on a allyesconfig by ~50%
- Adjust XEN code to make objtool handling more robust and as a side
effect to prevent text fragmentation due to placement of the
hypercall page.
* tag 'objtool-core-2021-10-31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (41 commits)
bpf,x86: Respect X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE*
bpf,x86: Simplify computing label offsets
x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd
x86/alternative: Add debug prints to apply_retpolines()
x86/alternative: Try inline spectre_v2=retpoline,amd
x86/alternative: Handle Jcc __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg
x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support
x86/retpoline: Create a retpoline thunk array
x86/retpoline: Move the retpoline thunk declarations to nospec-branch.h
x86/asm: Fixup odd GEN-for-each-reg.h usage
x86/asm: Fix register order
x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols
objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites
objtool: Shrink struct instruction
objtool: Explicitly avoid self modifying code in .altinstr_replacement
objtool: Classify symbols
objtool: Support pv_opsindirect calls for noinstr
x86/xen: Rework the xen_{cpu,irq,mmu}_opsarrays
x86/xen: Mark xen_force_evtchn_callback() noinstr
x86/xen: Make irq_disable() noinstr
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