Re: [PATCH 1/3] Revert "x86/retpoline: Remove .text..__x86.return_thunk section"

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 09:41:42AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> *urgh*... I mean, yes, that obviously works, but should we not also have
> the retpoline thingy for consistency? That case makes less sense though
> :/
> 
> Perhaps warn about this instead of fixing it? Forcing people to play the
> section game?

I like the conservative aspect of that: keep the separate sections and
warn if the return thunk is in the same section.

Thx.

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