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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2021-03-26 18:12:14 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2021-04-02 13:46:57 +0300
commit50e7b4a1a1b264fc7df0698f2defb93cadf19a7b (patch)
tree7c84a755063937046a0a50f137d4bc2e4c3840a1 /tools/objtool
parent7bd2a600f3e9d27286bbf23c83d599e9cc7cf245 (diff)
downloadlinux-50e7b4a1a1b264fc7df0698f2defb93cadf19a7b.tar.xz
objtool: Skip magical retpoline .altinstr_replacement
When the .altinstr_replacement is a retpoline, skip the alternative. We already special case retpolines anyway. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151300.259429287@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool')
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/special.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/special.c b/tools/objtool/special.c
index 2c7fbda7b055..07b21cfabf5c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/special.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/special.c
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct special_entry *entry,
return -1;
}
+ /*
+ * Skip retpoline .altinstr_replacement... we already rewrite the
+ * instructions for retpolines anyway, see arch_is_retpoline()
+ * usage in add_{call,jump}_destinations().
+ */
+ if (arch_is_retpoline(new_reloc->sym))
+ return 1;
+
alt->new_sec = new_reloc->sym->sec;
alt->new_off = (unsigned int)new_reloc->addend;
@@ -154,7 +162,9 @@ int special_get_alts(struct elf *elf, struct list_head *alts)
memset(alt, 0, sizeof(*alt));
ret = get_alt_entry(elf, entry, sec, idx, alt);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret > 0)
+ continue;
+ if (ret < 0)
return ret;
list_add_tail(&alt->list, alts);