[tip:x86/build] x86: Force asm-goto

From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Mar 20 2018 - 06:01:21 EST


Commit-ID: e501ce957a786ecd076ea0cfb10b114e6e4d0f40
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/e501ce957a786ecd076ea0cfb10b114e6e4d0f40
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:42:07 +0100
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:58:02 +0100

x86: Force asm-goto

We want to start using asm-goto to guarantee the absence of dynamic
branches (and thus speculation).

A primary prerequisite for this is of course that the compiler
supports asm-goto. This effecively lifts the minimum GCC version to
build an x86 kernel to gcc-4.5.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180319201327.GJ4043@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Makefile | 13 +++++++------
arch/x86/Makefile | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d65e2e229017..6fb6fd28a124 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -494,6 +494,13 @@ RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline-external-thunk
RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS

+# check for 'asm goto'
+ifeq ($(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)), y)
+ CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO := 1
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
+ KBUILD_AFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
+endif
+
ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
# ===========================================================================
# *config targets only - make sure prerequisites are updated, and descend
@@ -658,12 +665,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0409, \
# Tell gcc to never replace conditional load with a non-conditional one
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,--param=allow-store-data-races=0)

-# check for 'asm goto'
-ifeq ($(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)), y)
- KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
- KBUILD_AFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
-endif
-
include scripts/Makefile.kcov
include scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 498c1b812300..d798e36d103c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
endif
endif

+ifndef CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
+ $(error Compiler lacks asm-goto support.)
+endif
+
#
# Jump labels need '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' for gcc < 4.5.2 to prevent a
# GCC bug (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46226). There's no way