linux-kernel - Re: Requirements for retpoline in Linux 4.15 (was: Re: Linux 4.15)

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Message-ID: <20180130034329.xulxk44ex2bxw7ob@treble>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:43:29 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:     Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Requirements for retpoline in Linux 4.15 (was: Re: Linux 4.15)

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:35:25AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> If they have explicit asm which has indirect jumps, that would still be
> a problem. We just need to port objtool into the kernel and do it at
> module load time, to check for that... :)

Darnit, you sniffed out my April Fool's plan.

-- 
Josh