linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 18/20] x86/retpoline: Remove .text..__x86.return

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Message-ID: <291aad1dcb2d27c6241fe3f182d66119857757fd.1693889988.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon,  4 Sep 2023 22:05:02 -0700
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, David.Kaplan@....com,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 18/20] x86/retpoline: Remove .text..__x86.return_thunk section

The '.text..__x86.return_thunk' section has no purpose.  Remove it and
let the return thunk code live in '.text..__x86.indirect_thunk'.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 ---
 arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S      | 2 --
 2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9188834e56c9..f1c3516d356d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		LOCK_TEXT
 		KPROBES_TEXT
 		SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
-#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
 		*(.text..__x86.indirect_thunk)
-		*(.text..__x86.return_thunk)
-#endif
 		STATIC_CALL_TEXT
 
 		ALIGN_ENTRY_TEXT_BEGIN
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
index 415521dbe15e..49f2be7c7b35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__x86_indirect_jump_thunk_array)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETHUNK
 
-	.section .text..__x86.return_thunk
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SRSO
 
 /*
-- 
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