Re: [GIT pull] x86/pti updates for 4.16

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 5:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  - Teach objtool about retpolines and add annotations for indirect jumps
>    and calls.

So now we have that

  drivers/watchdog/.tmp_hpwdt.o: warning: objtool: .text+0x24:
indirect call found in RETPOLINE build

upstream.

Is the hpwdt de-crapification patch that was quoted in the discussion
about this monster lined up somewhere?


               Linus