https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84176
Bug ID: 84176 Summary: Need a different thunk for -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -fcf-protection -mcet Product: gcc Version: 8.0.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: hjl.tools at gmail dot com CC: igor.v.tsimbalist at intel dot com Blocks: 81652 Target Milestone: --- Target: x86_64-*-*, i?86-*-* When -fcf-protection -mcet is used to compile kernel, nocf_check attribute can be used to add notrack prefix: [hjl@gnu-skx-1 nt-1]$ cat x.i void (*func1) (void) __attribute__((nocf_check)); void (*func2) (void); void bar (void) { func1 (); func2 (); } [hjl@gnu-skx-1 nt-1]$ /export/build/gnu/gcc-test/build-x86_64-linux/gcc/xgcc -B/export/build/gnu/gcc-test/build-x86_64-linux/gcc/ -O2 -fcf-protection -mcet -S x.i [hjl@gnu-skx-1 nt-1]$ cat x.s .file "x.i" .text .p2align 4,,15 .globl bar .type bar, @function bar: .LFB0: .cfi_startproc endbr64 subq $8, %rsp .cfi_def_cfa_offset 16 notrack call *func1(%rip) addq $8, %rsp .cfi_def_cfa_offset 8 jmp *func2(%rip) .cfi_endproc .LFE0: .size bar, .-bar When -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern is added, we need a thunk with a different name to tell a thunk for indirect branch with notrack prefix from a thunk for indirect branch without notrack prefix [hjl@gnu-skx-1 nt-1]$ /export/build/gnu/gcc-test/build-x86_64-linux/gcc/xgcc -B/export/build/gnu/gcc-test/build-x86_64-linux/gcc/ -O2 -fcf-protection -mcet -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -S -o y.s x.i [hjl@gnu-skx-1 nt-1]$ cat y.s .file "x.i" .text .p2align 4,,15 .globl bar .type bar, @function bar: .LFB0: .cfi_startproc endbr64 subq $8, %rsp .cfi_def_cfa_offset 16 movq func1(%rip), %rax call __x86_indirect_thunk_rax movq func2(%rip), %rax addq $8, %rsp .cfi_def_cfa_offset 8 jmp __x86_indirect_thunk_rax .cfi_endproc .LFE0: .size bar, .-bar Otherwise kernel can't properly update a thunk to an indirect branch with notrack prefix for indirect branch with notrack prefix. Referenced Bugs: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81652 [Bug 81652] [meta-bug] -fcf-protection=full -mcet bugs