Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Mon, 8 Jan 2018 11:25:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 10/10] x86/retpoline: Exclude objtool with retpoline |
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2018, David Woodhouse wrote:
Cc+ Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Sigh....
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> > > objtool's assembler nanny currently cannot deal with the code generated > by the retpoline compiler and throws hundreds of warnings, mostly > because it sees calls that don't have a symbolic target. > > Exclude all the options that rely on objtool when RETPOLINE is active. > > This mainly means that we use the frame pointer unwinder and livepatch > is not supported. > > Eventually objtool can be fixed to handle this. > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> > Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> > Acked-By: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++-- > arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index 77c58ae..651d25f 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ config X86 > select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP > select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE > select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API > - select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE if X86_64 && UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER && STACK_VALIDATION > - select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION if X86_64 > + select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE if X86_64 && UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER && STACK_VALIDATION && !RETPOLINE > + select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION if X86_64 && !RETPOLINE > select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS > select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK > select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug > index 6293a87..9f3928d 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug > @@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG > > choice > prompt "Choose kernel unwinder" > - default UNWINDER_ORC if X86_64 > - default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER if X86_32 > + default UNWINDER_ORC if X86_64 && !RETPOLINE > + default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER if X86_32 || RETPOLINE > ---help--- > This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack > traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack, > @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ choice > > config UNWINDER_ORC > bool "ORC unwinder" > - depends on X86_64 > + depends on X86_64 && !RETPOLINE > select STACK_VALIDATION > ---help--- > This option enables the ORC (Oops Rewind Capability) unwinder for > -- > 2.7.4 > >
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