Re: [PATCH v2 21/39] x86/ibt: Annotate text references

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 03:51:59PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> @@ -563,12 +564,14 @@ SYM_CODE_END(\asmsym)
>  	.align 16
>  	.globl __irqentry_text_start
>  __irqentry_text_start:
> +	ANNOTATE_NOENDBR // unwinders

But the instruction here (first idt entry) actually does have an
endbr64...

Also I'm wondering if it would make sense to create an
'idt_entry_<vector>' symbol for each entry so objtool knows to validate
their ENDBRs.

> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
>  
>  	.section .text.__x86.indirect_thunk
>  
> +	ANNOTATE_NOENDBR // apply_retpolines

This should probably go after __x86_indirect_thunk_array?

-- 
Josh