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Patch "x86/boot: Annotate verify_cpu() as a callable function" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86/boot: Annotate verify_cpu() as a callable function

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
x86-boot-annotate-verify_cpu-as-a-callable-function.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

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From e93db75a0054b23a874a12c63376753544f3fe9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:43:34 -0500
Subject: x86/boot: Annotate verify_cpu() as a callable function

From: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>

commit e93db75a0054b23a874a12c63376753544f3fe9e upstream.

verify_cpu() is a callable function. Annotate it as such.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S +2 -1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
 #include <asm/msr-index.h>
 
-verify_cpu:
+ENTRY(verify_cpu)
 	pushf				# Save caller passed flags
 	push	$0			# Kill any dangerous flags
 	popf
@@ -139,3 +139,4 @@ verify_cpu:
 	popf				# Restore caller passed flags
 	xorl %eax, %eax
 	ret
+ENDPROC(verify_cpu)

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/x86-asm-don-t-use-the-confusing-.ifeq-directive.patch queue-4.14/x86-boot-relocate-definition-of-the-initial-state-of-cr0.patch queue-4.14/objtool-don-t-report-end-of-section-error-after-an-empty-unwind-hint.patch queue-4.14/x86-xen-fix-xen-head-elf-annotations.patch queue-4.14/x86-head-fix-head-elf-function-annotations.patch queue-4.14/objtool-print-top-level-commands-on-incorrect-usage.patch queue-4.14/x86-unwind-rename-unwinder-config-options-to-config_unwinder_.patch queue-4.14/x86-head-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-unused-bad_address-code.patch queue-4.14/x86-xen-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-confusing-comment.patch queue-4.14/x86-unwinder-make-config_unwinder_orc-y-the-default-in-the-64-bit-defconfig.patch queue-4.14/x86-unwind-make-config_unwinder_orc-y-the-default-in-kconfig-for-64-bit.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-relocate-page-fault-error-codes-to-traps.h.patch queue-4.14/x86-boot-annotate-verify_cpu-as-a-callable-function.patch