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authorCaroline Tice <cmtice@google.com>2018-01-29 13:36:52 -0800
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[GCC] Update with latest retpoline fixes from Intel.
Intel has updated their retpoline patches since we created our original patch. This CL updates our retpoline changes to match the latest from Intel. Bug: None Test: Tested extensively in ChromeOS. Built x86 platform & kernel images in Android. Change-Id: Id1a18cb1f1f4461832a017cb5c5d59e5400d9d08
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@@ -694,7 +694,8 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
-m32 -m64 -mx32 -m16 -mlarge-data-threshold=@var{num} @gol
-msse2avx -mfentry -m8bit-idiv @gol
-mavx256-split-unaligned-load -mavx256-split-unaligned-store @gol
--mstack-protector-guard=@var{guard}}
+-mstack-protector-guard=@var{guard} -mindirect-branch=@var{choice} @gol
+-mfunction-return=@var{choice} -mindirect-branch-register}
@emph{i386 and x86-64 Windows Options}
@gccoptlist{-mconsole -mcygwin -mno-cygwin -mdll @gol
@@ -16021,6 +16022,42 @@ locations are @samp{global} for global canary or @samp{tls} for per-thread
canary in the TLS block (the default). This option has effect only when
@option{-fstack-protector} or @option{-fstack-protector-all} is specified.
+@item -mindirect-branch=@var{choice}
+@opindex -mindirect-branch
+Convert indirect call and jump with @var{choice}. The default is
+@samp{keep}, which keeps indirect call and jump unmodified.
+@samp{thunk} converts indirect call and jump to call and return thunk.
+@samp{thunk-inline} converts indirect call and jump to inlined call
+and return thunk. @samp{thunk-extern} converts indirect call and jump
+to external call and return thunk provided in a separate object file.
+You can control this behavior for a specific function by using the
+function attribute @code{indirect_branch}. @xref{Function Attributes}.
+
+Note that @option{-mcmodel=large} is incompatible with
+@option{-mindirect-branch=thunk} nor
+@option{-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern} since the thunk function may
+not be reachable in large code model.
+
+@item -mfunction-return=@var{choice}
+@opindex -mfunction-return
+Convert function return with @var{choice}. The default is @samp{keep},
+which keeps function return unmodified. @samp{thunk} converts function
+return to call and return thunk. @samp{thunk-inline} converts function
+return to inlined call and return thunk. @samp{thunk-extern} converts
+function return to external call and return thunk provided in a separate
+object file. You can control this behavior for a specific function by
+using the function attribute @code{function_return}.
+@xref{Function Attributes}.
+
+Note that @option{-mcmodel=large} is incompatible with
+@option{-mfunction-return=thunk} nor
+@option{-mfunction-return=thunk-extern} since the thunk function may
+not be reachable in large code model.
+
+@item -mindirect-branch-register
+@opindex -mindirect-branch-register
+Force indirect call and jump via register.
+
@end table
These @samp{-m} switches are supported in addition to the above