linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/retpoline: Add clang support

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20180207233211.GA13991@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:32:11 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/retpoline: Add clang support

On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 10:28:38PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 13:52 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > clang has its own set of compiler options for retpoline support.
> > 
> > Link: https://github.com/llvm-mirror/clang/commit/0d816739a82da29748caf88570affb9715e18b69
> > Link: https://github.com/llvm-mirror/llvm/commit/fd5a8723ce9f2a6b250e85972ef859e4253ea95d
> > Link: https://github.com/llvm-mirror/llvm/commit/59b64490fda69d29bb42cfdf7eec37bcc31ff833
> > Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> > Cc: gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
> > Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> > Cc: thomas.lendacky@....com
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
> > Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> > ---
> > v2: llvm has been updated to use the same thunk names as gcc.
> >     Tested with:
> >     clang version 7.0.0
> > 	(https://git.llvm.org/git/clang.git/
> > 		848874aed95a913fb45f363120500cebfe54e2ef)
> > 	(https://git.llvm.org/git/llvm.git/
> > 		3afd566557f3616881505db0d69f5d19bf55ae14)
> >     cross-checked with gcc 7.3.0 (x86_64-linux-gcc.br_real (Buildroot
> >     2018.02-rc1) 7.3.0).
> > 
> > Tested with 64-bit builds only; 32-bit images fail to build with clang
> > with various unrelated errors and are difficult to test.
> > 
> > I had to change '+=' to '=' below since make otherwise sets
> > RETPOLINE_CFLAGS to " ", and the subsequent ifneq would always match.
> > This is also the reason for the "ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)".
> > If there is another/different/better way to handle this, please let
> > me know.
> 
> See
> http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/linux-retpoline.git/commitdiff/82a1f41600
> 

You have __x86_indirect_thunk within #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT.
I think it should be in the else case.

Guenter