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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h index 55388c9f7601..1a65cf4acb2b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ * JMP_NOSPEC and CALL_NOSPEC macros can be used instead of a simple * indirect jmp/call which may be susceptible to the Spectre variant 2 * attack. + * + * NOTE: these do not take kCFI into account and are thus not comparable to C + * indirect calls, take care when using. The target of these should be an ENDBR + * instruction irrespective of kCFI. */ .macro JMP_NOSPEC reg:req #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE |