Implement the static (branch) assertion. It simply emits the address of the next instruction into a special section which objtool will read and validate against either __jump_table or .altinstructions. Use like: if (static_branch_likely(_key)) { arch_static_assert(); /* do stuff */ } Or if (static_cpu_has(_feat)) { arch_static_assert(); /* do stuff */ } Cc: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ static __always_inline bool arch_static_ return true; } +static __always_inline void arch_static_assert(void) +{ + asm volatile ("1:\n\t" + ".pushsection .discard.jump_assert, \"aw\" \n\t" + _ASM_ALIGN "\n\t" + _ASM_PTR "1b \n\t" + ".popsection \n\t"); +} + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 typedef u64 jump_label_t; #else