From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
alyssa.milburn@intel.com, scott.d.constable@intel.com,
joao@overdrivepizza.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
jpoimboe@kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com,
ebiggers@kernel.org, samitolvanen@google.com, kees@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] x86,kcfi: Fix EXPORT_SYMBOL vs kCFI
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 06:16:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zyoood0ooSbpultV@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241105114521.852053765@infradead.org>
On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 12:39:02PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> The expectation is that all EXPORT'ed symbols are free to have their
> address taken and called indirectly.
I don't think that is the case at all. The is a relatively small number
of exported symbols that are called indirectly. I'd much rather mark
those explicitly.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-05 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-05 11:39 [PATCH 0/8] x86: kCFI and IBT cleanups Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 1/8] x86,kcfi: Fix EXPORT_SYMBOL vs kCFI Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 14:16 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2024-11-05 14:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 14:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-05 14:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 15:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-05 15:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 16:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-09 9:14 ` David Laight
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 2/8] x86/cfi: Clean up linkage Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 3/8] x86/boot: Mark start_secondary() with __noendbr Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 4/8] x86/alternative: Simplify callthunk patching Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 5/8] x86/traps: Cleanup and robustify decode_bug() Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 15:19 ` Andrew Cooper
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 6/8] x86/ibt: Clean up is_endbr() Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 7/8] x86/ibt: Clean up poison_endbr() Peter Zijlstra
2024-11-05 11:39 ` [PATCH 8/8] x86/early_printk: Harden early_serial Peter Zijlstra
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