Re: [PATCH] x86: Disable CET instrumentation in the kernel

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:30:48PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 09:10:34AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > Maybe eventually.  But the enablement (actually enabling CET/CFI/etc)
> > happens in the arch code anyway, right?  So it could be a per-arch
> > decision.
> 
> Right.
> 
> Ok, for this one, what about
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ?
> 
> What are "some configurations of GCC"? If it can be reproduced with
> what's released out there, maybe that should go in now, even for 5.11?
> 
> Hmm?

Agreed, stable is a good idea.   I think Nikolay saw it with GCC 9.

-- 
Josh