[tip: x86/core] x86/Kconfig: Only allow CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT with ld.lld >= 14.0.0

From: tip-bot2 for Nathan Chancellor
Date: Tue Mar 22 2022 - 16:24:17 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: f6a2c2b2de817078ac5a7e58c10e746165e7825d
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/f6a2c2b2de817078ac5a7e58c10e746165e7825d
Author: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:07:47 -07:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:12:13 +01:00

x86/Kconfig: Only allow CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT with ld.lld >= 14.0.0

With CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT=y and a version of ld.lld prior to 14.0.0,
there are numerous objtool warnings along the lines of:

warning: objtool: .plt+0x6: indirect jump found in RETPOLINE build

This is a known issue that has been resolved in ld.lld 14.0.0. Prevent
CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT from being selectable when using one of these
problematic ld.lld versions.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220318230747.3900772-3-nathan@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 921e4eb..8757926 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1875,6 +1875,8 @@ config X86_KERNEL_IBT
prompt "Indirect Branch Tracking"
bool
depends on X86_64 && CC_HAS_IBT && STACK_VALIDATION
+ # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/9d7001eba9c4cb311e03cd8cdc231f9e579f2d0f
+ depends on !LD_IS_LLD || LLD_VERSION >= 140000
help
Build the kernel with support for Indirect Branch Tracking, a
hardware support course-grain forward-edge Control Flow Integrity