Re: [PATCH v23 6/9] x86/entry: Introduce ENDBR macro

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Mar 16 2021 - 15:59:07 EST


On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:12:39AM -0700, Yu, Yu-cheng wrote:
> Alternatively, there is another compiler-defined macro _CET_ENDBR that can
> be used. We can put the following in calling.h:
>
> #ifdef __CET__
> #include <cet.h>
> #else
> #define _CET_ENDBR
> #endif
>
> and then use _CET_ENDBR in other files. How is that?
>
> In the future, in case we have kernel-mode IBT, ENDBR macros are also needed
> for other assembly files.

Can we please call it IBT_ENDBR or just ENDBR. CET is a horrible name,
seeing how it is not specific.