Re: [PATCH v3 22/39] x86/ibt: Add IBT feature, MSR and #CP handling

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri Mar 04 2022 - 12:57:47 EST


On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 12:23:43PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +bool ibt_selftest(void)
> +{
> + unsigned long ret;
> +
> + asm (" lea ibt_selftest_ip(%%rip), %%rax\n\t"
> + ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
> + " jmp *%%rax\n\t"
> + ASM_REACHABLE
> + ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
> + "ibt_selftest_ip: nop\n\t"

Maybe pedantic, but I find the annotations to be less surprising if they
come after the label:

"ibt_selftest_ip:\n\t"
ASM_REACHABLE
ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
"nop\n\t"

--
Josh