From: Roger Pau Monné Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:56:34 +0000 (+0200) Subject: x86/clang: add retpoline support X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/4.16.1-1+rpi1^2~38^2~31 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc24f4342b718c570ec794a0fc953e82e894ee3c;p=xen.git x86/clang: add retpoline support Detect whether the compiler supports clang retpoline option and enable by default if available, just like it's done for gcc. Note clang already disables jump tables when retpoline is enabled, so there's no need to also pass the fno-jump-tables parameter. Also clang already passes the return address in a register always on amd64, so there's no need for any equivalent mindirect-branch-register parameter. Reported-by: Andrew Cooper Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné Acked-by: Andrew Cooper master commit: 9412486707f8f1ca2eb31c2ef330c5e39c0a2f30 master date: 2022-02-21 18:17:56 +0000 --- diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig index e20e53edfc..34dcb47ecd 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" config CC_HAS_INDIRECT_THUNK - def_bool $(cc-option,-mindirect-branch-register) + def_bool $(cc-option,-mindirect-branch-register) || \ + $(cc-option,-mretpoline-external-thunk) config INDIRECT_THUNK def_bool y diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/arch.mk b/xen/arch/x86/arch.mk index abb55b4408..976ac5aafe 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/arch.mk +++ b/xen/arch/x86/arch.mk @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_INDIRECT_THUNK),y) CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) += -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) += -mindirect-branch-register CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) += -fno-jump-tables + +# Enable clang retpoline support if available. +CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG) += -mretpoline-external-thunk endif ifdef CONFIG_XEN_IBT