Commit 2240d72f authored by Nick Desaulniers's avatar Nick Desaulniers
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[X86] initial -mfunction-return=thunk-extern support

Adds support for:
* `-mfunction-return=<value>` command line flag, and
* `__attribute__((function_return("<value>")))` function attribute

Where the supported <value>s are:
* keep (disable)
* thunk-extern (enable)

thunk-extern enables clang to change ret instructions into jmps to an
external symbol named __x86_return_thunk, implemented as a new
MachineFunctionPass named "x86-return-thunks", keyed off the new IR
attribute fn_ret_thunk_extern.

The symbol __x86_return_thunk is expected to be provided by the runtime
the compiled code is linked against and is not defined by the compiler.
Enabling this option alone doesn't provide mitigations without
corresponding definitions of __x86_return_thunk!

This new MachineFunctionPass is very similar to "x86-lvi-ret".

The <value>s "thunk" and "thunk-inline" are currently unsupported. It's
not clear yet that they are necessary: whether the thunk pattern they
would emit is beneficial or used anywhere.

Should the <...
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