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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Makefile5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h10
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c2
-rw-r--r--scripts/Makefile.build2
5 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1a0be022f91d..3a8d2347717a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -441,10 +441,6 @@ config RETPOLINE
branches. Requires a compiler with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern
support for full protection. The kernel may run slower.
- Without compiler support, at least indirect branches in assembler
- code are eliminated. Since this includes the syscall entry path,
- it is not entirely pointless.
-
config INTEL_RDT
bool "Intel Resource Director Technology support"
default n
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 8f6e7eb8ae9f..9298f0f3817a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -223,9 +223,10 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
# Avoid indirect branches in kernel to deal with Spectre
ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
-ifneq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
- KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS) -DRETPOLINE
+ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
+ $(error You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler, please update your compiler.)
endif
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
endif
archscripts: scripts_basic
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index 80dc14422495..8b09cbb2d52c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -162,11 +162,12 @@
_ASM_PTR " 999b\n\t" \
".popsection\n\t"
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(RETPOLINE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
/*
- * Since the inline asm uses the %V modifier which is only in newer GCC,
- * the 64-bit one is dependent on RETPOLINE not CONFIG_RETPOLINE.
+ * Inline asm uses the %V modifier which is only in newer GCC
+ * which is ensured when CONFIG_RETPOLINE is defined.
*/
# define CALL_NOSPEC \
ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE \
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@
X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD)
# define THUNK_TARGET(addr) [thunk_target] "r" (addr)
-#elif defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && defined(CONFIG_RETPOLINE)
+#else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
/*
* For i386 we use the original ret-equivalent retpoline, because
* otherwise we'll run out of registers. We don't care about CET
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@
X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD)
# define THUNK_TARGET(addr) [thunk_target] "rm" (addr)
+#endif
#else /* No retpoline for C / inline asm */
# define CALL_NOSPEC "call *%[thunk_target]\n"
# define THUNK_TARGET(addr) [thunk_target] "rm" (addr)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index fe32103fcdc7..75bbeda784ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static void __init spec2_print_if_secure(const char *reason)
static inline bool retp_compiler(void)
{
- return __is_defined(RETPOLINE);
+ return __is_defined(CONFIG_RETPOLINE);
}
static inline bool match_option(const char *arg, int arglen, const char *opt)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 54da4b070db3..64fac0ad32d6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -248,10 +248,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL
objtool_args += --no-unreachable
endif
ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
-ifneq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
objtool_args += --retpoline
endif
-endif
ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS