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The main linker script vmlinux.lds.S for the kernel image merges the expoline code patch tables into two section ".nospec_call_table" and ".nospec_return_table". This is *not* done for the modules, there the sections retain their original names as generated by gcc: ".s390_indirect_call", ".s390_return_mem" and ".s390_return_reg". The module_finalize code has to check for the compiler generated section names, otherwise no code patching is done. This slows down the module code in case of "spectre_v2=off". Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.16 Fixes: f19fbd5ed6 ("s390: introduce execute-trampolines for branches") Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.