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Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/retpoline: rename retpoline Kconfig check to include GCC prefix


  • To: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:45:45 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On 16.02.2022 10:02, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Current retpoline checks apply to GCC only, so make it obvious by
> prefixing the Kconfig option with GCC. Keep the previous option as a
> way to signal generic retpoline support regardless of the underlying
> compiler.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
with one remark:

> --- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
>       string
>       default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig"
>  
> -config INDIRECT_THUNK
> +config GCC_INDIRECT_THUNK
>       def_bool $(cc-option,-mindirect-branch-register)
>  
> +config INDIRECT_THUNK
> +     depends on GCC_INDIRECT_THUNK
> +     def_bool y

I think it is more logical (and more consistent) if "depends on"
would come after the basic type (i.e. the "def_bool" here).

Jan




 


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