linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] kbuild: add -fcf-protection=none when using retpoline flags

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:06:26 -0500
From:   Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] kbuild: add -fcf-protection=none when using retpoline flags

The gcc -fcf-protection=branch option is not compatible with
-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern. The latter is used when
CONFIG_RETPOLINE is selected, and this will fail to build with
a gcc which has -fcf-protection=branch enabled by default. Adding
-fcf-protection=none when building with retpoline enabled
prevents such build failures.

Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>
---
 Makefile | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e4868a6498b..73a94d1db2b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -878,6 +878,12 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=designated-init)
 # change __FILE__ to the relative path from the srctree
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 
+# ensure -fcf-protection is disabled when using retpoline as it is
+# incompatible with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern
+ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fcf-protection=none,)
+endif
+
 # use the deterministic mode of AR if available
 KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
 
-- 
2.20.1