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objtool: Find unused ENDBR instructions
authorPeter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 15:30:55 +0000 (16:30 +0100)
committerPeter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:32:47 +0000 (10:32 +0100)
commit89bc853eae4ad125030ef99f207ba76c2f00a26e
tree7f3aa0f233858f04ee61872e4ae3a795433b4fa4tree | snapshot
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objtool: Find unused ENDBR instructions

Find all ENDBR instructions which are never referenced and stick them
in a section such that the kernel can poison them, sealing the
functions from ever being an indirect call target.

This removes about 1-in-4 ENDBR instructions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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