linux-kernel - Re: Linux 6.6-rc3 (DEBUG_VIRTUAL is unhappy on x86)

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2023 17:46:22 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        David Kaplan <David.Kaplan@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 6.6-rc3 (DEBUG_VIRTUAL is unhappy on x86)

On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 at 05:06, Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> However, on the flip side I think there are security benefits here. We
> wouldn't like any indirect branch speculation attack to leak the trusted
> key material contents here.

No. Turning *one* indirect call static isn't a security benefit. That
argument is just bogus.

This code needs to be fixed. No static call rewriting for call-sites
that are just used once.

               Linus