On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 12:04:42PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 07:39:05PM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:

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On 01/12/2023 7:36 pm, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

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On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:38:40AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:

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+.pushsection .entry.text, "ax"
+
+.align L1_CACHE_BYTES, 0xcc
+SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(mds_verw_sel)
+	UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED
+	ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
+	.word __KERNEL_DS
+.align L1_CACHE_BYTES, 0xcc
+SYM_CODE_END(mds_verw_sel);
+/* For KVM */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_verw_sel);
+
+.popsection

This is data, so why is it "CODE" in .entry.text?

Because KPTI.

Urgh... Pawan please add a comment.

Yes, this place needs a comment, will add.