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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index edb2b0cb8efe..1a65cf4acb2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@
movq $-1, PER_CPU_VAR(pcpu_hot + X86_call_depth);
#define RESET_CALL_DEPTH \
- mov $0x80, %rax; \
- shl $56, %rax; \
+ xor %eax, %eax; \
+ bts $63, %rax; \
movq %rax, PER_CPU_VAR(pcpu_hot + X86_call_depth);
#define RESET_CALL_DEPTH_FROM_CALL \
- mov $0xfc, %rax; \
+ movb $0xfc, %al; \
shl $56, %rax; \
movq %rax, PER_CPU_VAR(pcpu_hot + X86_call_depth); \
CALL_THUNKS_DEBUG_INC_CALLS
@@ -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