[PATCH v4 01/10] x86/cfi: Add warn option
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 24 2025 - 07:54:20 EST
Rebuilding with CFI_PERMISSIVE toggled is such a pain, esp. since
clang is so slow.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/cfi.c | 8 ++++----
include/linux/cfi.h | 2 ++
kernel/cfi.c | 4 +++-
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -1022,6 +1022,9 @@ static __init int cfi_parse_cmdline(char
cfi_mode = CFI_FINEIBT;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "norand")) {
cfi_rand = false;
+ } else if (!strcmp(str, "warn")) {
+ pr_alert("CFI mismatch non-fatal!\n");
+ cfi_warn = true;
} else {
pr_err("Ignoring unknown cfi option (%s).", str);
}
--- a/include/linux/cfi.h
+++ b/include/linux/cfi.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <asm/cfi.h>
+extern bool cfi_warn;
+
#ifndef cfi_get_offset
static inline int cfi_get_offset(void)
{
--- a/kernel/cfi.c
+++ b/kernel/cfi.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
#include <linux/cfi.h>
+bool cfi_warn __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CFI_PERMISSIVE);
+
enum bug_trap_type report_cfi_failure(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long *target, u32 type)
{
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ enum bug_trap_type report_cfi_failure(st
pr_err("CFI failure at %pS (no target information)\n",
(void *)addr);
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CFI_PERMISSIVE)) {
+ if (cfi_warn) {
__warn(NULL, 0, (void *)addr, 0, regs, NULL);
return BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN;
}