linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 24/39] x86/text-patching: Make text_gen

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Message-ID: <20220225004940.vjchjwghtf3laolu@treble>
Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:49:40 -0800
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, joao@...rdrivepizza.com, hjl.tools@...il.com,
        andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ndesaulniers@...gle.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        samitolvanen@...gle.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        alyssa.milburn@...el.com, mbenes@...e.cz, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 24/39] x86/text-patching: Make text_gen_insn() IBT
 aware

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 03:52:02PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * Hide the addresses to avoid the compiler folding in constants when
> +	 * referencing code, these can mess up annotations like
> +	 * ANNOTATE_NOENDBR.
> +	 */
> +	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(addr);
> +	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(dest);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT
> +	if (is_endbr(*(u32 *)dest))
> +		dest += 4;
> +#endif

Another unnecessary ifdef.

-- 
Josh