linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v5.11-rc7

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Date:   Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:49:18 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v5.11-rc7

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:40 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> wrote:
>
> - Disable CET instrumentation in the kernel so that gcc doesn't add
> ENDBR64 to kernel code and thus confuse tracing.

So this is clearly the right thing to do for now, but I wonder if
people have a plan for actually enabling CET and endbr at cpl0 at some
point?

            Linus