cmd/asm, cmd/compile, runtime: add -spectre=ret mode

This commit extends the -spectre flag to cmd/asm and adds
a new Spectre mitigation mode "ret", which enables the use
of retpolines.

Retpolines prevent speculation about the target of an indirect
jump or call and are described in more detail here:
https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886

Change-Id: I4f2cb982fa94e44d91e49bd98974fd125619c93a
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/222661
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
This commit is contained in:
Russ Cox 2020-01-17 13:54:30 -05:00
parent 877ef86bec
commit fc8a6336d1
13 changed files with 119 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ type Link struct {
Flag_optimize bool
Flag_locationlists bool
Flag_newobj bool // use new object file format
Retpoline bool // emit use of retpoline stubs for indirect jmp/call
Bso *bufio.Writer
Pathname string
hashmu sync.Mutex // protects hash, funchash