| Date | Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:57:18 -0800 | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 00/45] x86: Kernel IBT |
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On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 12:06:18PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > As talked about on IRC there are still a few outstanding issues, that > I'm fine with fixing after the merge window during the upcoming -next > cycle: > > - xen hypercall page functions need 'ret' - (I think you already fixed) > > - why don't unreachables need to fill up the entire sym hole? > > - get rid of the 'c_file' hack > > - improve cmdline option intuitive-ness > > - properly integrate the retpoline "demotion" with the new Spectre BHI > related patches - probably still needs more discussion - for example > we might instead want to disable IBT and warn
One more:
- Changing objtool should force a vmlinux re-link.
-- Josh
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