linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Compile-time stack frame pointer validation

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Date:	Sat, 23 May 2015 10:37:48 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Compile-time stack frame pointer validation

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 09:32:12AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> If instead the above code were patched into a non-leaf function, we'd
> have to change it to restore the frame pointer before returning.

Not a problem, I think. One'll need to add the FP restoring before the
retq.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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