Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/6] objtool,x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 09:43:06PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Arguably it would be simpler to do the other way around, but
> unfortunately alternatives don't work that way, we cannot say:
> 
> 	ALTERNATIVE "call __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg",
> 		    "call *%reg", ~X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE
> 
> That is, there is no negative form of alternatives.

X86_FEATURE_NO_RETPOLINE?

-- 
Josh