Re: [tip:x86/pti] x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool on 32-bit kernels

[Ingo Molnar]

* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 05:28:01AM -0700, tip-bot for Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> > Commit-ID:  a14bff131108faf50cc0cf864589fd71ee216c96
> > Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/a14bff131108faf50cc0cf864589fd71ee216c96
> > Author:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:24:27 +0000
> > Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CommitDate: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:24:31 +0100
> > 
> > x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool on 32-bit kernels
> > 
> > In the following commit:
> > 
> >   9e0e3c5130e9 ("x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool")
> > 
> > ... we added annotations for CALL_NOSPEC/JMP_NOSPEC on 64-bit x86 kernels,
> > but we did not annotate the 32-bit path.
> > 
> > Annotate it similarly.
> 
> This patch has no effect because objtool only supports 64-bit kernels.

Yeah, indeed - but it's still a good change for completeness, right?

Thanks,

	Ingo