linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v9 04/27] x86/cet: Add control-protection fault handler

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Message-ID: <0bc74a85-7058-0cca-62b8-949c8a881c62@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:10:41 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
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        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Vedvyas Shanbhogue <vedvyas.shanbhogue@...el.com>,
        Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>, x86-patch-review@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v9 04/27] x86/cet: Add control-protection fault
 handler

On 2/5/20 10:19 AM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
> index 87ef69a72c52..8ed406f469e7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
> @@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ static const __initconst struct idt_data def_idts[] = {
>  #elif defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
>  	SYSG(IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR,	entry_INT80_32),
>  #endif
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +	INTG(X86_TRAP_CP,		control_protection),
> +#endif
>  };

This patch in particular appears to have all of its code unconditionally
compiled in.  That's in contrast to things that have Kconfig options, like:

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
        INTG(X86_TRAP_MC,               &machine_check),
#endif

or:

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
        INTG(THERMAL_APIC_VECTOR,       thermal_interrupt),
#endif

Is there a reason this code is always compiled in on 64-bit even when
the config option is off?