Patch "x86/retpoline: Remove compile time warning" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

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

x86/retpoline: Remove compile time warning

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-retpoline-remove-compile-time-warning.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.

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:13:29 +0100
Subject: x86/retpoline: Remove compile time warning

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

commit b8b9ce4b5aec8de9e23cabb0a26b78641f9ab1d6 upstream.

Remove the compile time warning when CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y and the compiler does not have retpoline support. Linus rationale for this is:

It's wrong because it will just make people turn off RETPOLINE, and the asm updates - and return stack clearing - that are independent of the compiler are likely the most important parts because they are likely the ones easiest to target.

And it's annoying because most people won't be able to do anything about it. The number of people building their own compiler? Very small. So if their distro hasn't got a compiler yet (and pretty much nobody does), the warning is just annoying crap.

It is already properly reported as part of the sysfs interface. The compile-time warning only encourages bad things.

---
 arch/x86/Makefile |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
     RETPOLINE_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register)
     ifneq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS) -DRETPOLINE
-    else
-        $(warning CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y, but not supported by the compiler. Toolchain update recommended.)
     endif
 endif
 

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

queue-4.14/x86-spectre-add-boot-time-option-to-select-spectre-v2-mitigation.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-irq32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/objtool-detect-jumps-to-retpoline-thunks.patch queue-4.14/security-kconfig-correct-the-documentation-reference-for-pti.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-unbreak-efi-old_memmap.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-add-x86_bug_spectre_v.patch queue-4.14/x86-microcode-intel-extend-bdw-late-loading-with-a-revision-check.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-hyperv-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/membarrier-disable-preemption-when-calling-smp_call_function_many.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-remove-dead-logic-in-pti_user_pagetable_walk.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-entry-convert-entry-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/sysfs-cpu-fix-typos-in-vulnerability-documentation.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-fix-pcid-and-sanitize-defines.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu-amd-make-lfence-a-serializing-instruction.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-ftrace-convert-ftrace-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/x86-documentation-add-pti-description.patch queue-4.14/x86-acpi-handle-sci-interrupts-above-legacy-space-gracefully.patch queue-4.14/objtool-allow-alternatives-to-be-ignored.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu-implement-cpu-vulnerabilites-sysfs-functions.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-crypto-convert-crypto-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/selftests-x86-add-test_vsyscall.patch queue-4.14/x86-tboot-unbreak-tboot-with-pti-enabled.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-xen-convert-xen-hypercall-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-checksum32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-make-unpoison-of-pgd-for-trusted-boot-work-for-real.patch queue-4.14/sysfs-cpu-add-vulnerability-folder.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-fill-return-stack-buffer-on-vmexit.patch queue-4.14/x86-acpi-reduce-code-duplication-in-mp_override_legacy_irq.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-remove-compile-time-warning.patch queue-4.14/x86-alternatives-fix-optimize_nops-checking.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu-amd-use-lfence_rdtsc-in-preference-to-mfence_rdtsc.patch queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-add-initial-retpoline-support.patch queue-4.14/kdump-write-correct-address-of-mem_section-into-vmcoreinfo.patch queue-4.14/x86-perf-disable-intel_bts-when-pti.patch