Patch "x86/retpoline/irq32: Convert assembler indirect jumps" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

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

x86/retpoline/irq32: Convert assembler indirect jumps

to the 4.9-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-irq32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

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

From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:46:33 +0000
Subject: x86/retpoline/irq32: Convert assembler indirect jumps

From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>

commit 7614e913db1f40fff819b36216484dc3808995d4 upstream.

Convert all indirect jumps in 32bit irq inline asm code to use non speculative sequences.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
 #include <asm/apic.h>
+#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 

@@ -54,11 +55,11 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_stack *, softi
 static void call_on_stack(void *func, void *stack)
 {
 	asm volatile("xchgl	%%ebx,%%esp	\n"
-		     "call	*%%edi		\n"
+		     CALL_NOSPEC
 		     "movl	%%ebx,%%esp	\n"
 		     : "=b" (stack)
 		     : "0" (stack),
-		       "D"(func)
+		       [thunk_target] "D"(func)
 		     : "memory", "cc", "edx", "ecx", "eax");
 }
 

@@ -94,11 +95,11 @@ static inline int execute_on_irq_stack(i
 		call_on_stack(print_stack_overflow, isp);
 
 	asm volatile("xchgl	%%ebx,%%esp	\n"
-		     "call	*%%edi		\n"
+		     CALL_NOSPEC
 		     "movl	%%ebx,%%esp	\n"
 		     : "=a" (arg1), "=b" (isp)
 		     :  "0" (desc),   "1" (isp),
-			"D" (desc->handle_irq)
+			[thunk_target] "D" (desc->handle_irq)
 		     : "memory", "cc", "ecx");
 	return 1;
 }

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

queue-4.9/x86-spectre-add-boot-time-option-to-select-spectre-v2-mitigation.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-irq32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/objtool-detect-jumps-to-retpoline-thunks.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-add-x86_bug_spectre_v.patch queue-4.9/x86-alternatives-add-missing-n-at-end-of-alternative-inline-asm.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-hyperv-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-entry-convert-entry-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-ftrace-convert-ftrace-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/objtool-allow-alternatives-to-be-ignored.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-crypto-convert-crypto-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-xen-convert-xen-hypercall-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-checksum32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-fill-return-stack-buffer-on-vmexit.patch queue-4.9/x86-pti-rename-bug_cpu_insecure-to-bug_cpu_meltdown.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-remove-compile-time-warning.patch queue-4.9/x86-alternatives-fix-optimize_nops-checking.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-add-initial-retpoline-support.patch