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objtool: Fix "noreturn" detection for recursive sibling calls
authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Thu, 10 May 2018 03:39:14 +0000 (22:39 -0500)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 14 May 2018 08:20:53 +0000 (10:20 +0200)
commit0afd0d9e0e7879d666c1df2fa1bea4d8716909fe
tree342db51c00bfd81fc961e8886be6914093605dbb
parent4fe875e4bd3cae85ae6f6eaf77f63fabe613b66e
objtool: Fix "noreturn" detection for recursive sibling calls

Objtool has some crude logic for detecting static "noreturn" functions
(aka "dead ends").  This is necessary for being able to correctly follow
GCC code flow when such functions are called.

It's remotely possible for two functions to call each other via sibling
calls.  If they don't have RET instructions, objtool's noreturn
detection logic goes into a recursive loop:

  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.o: warning: objtool: return_hosed_msg()+0x0: infinite recursion (objtool bug!)
  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.o: warning: objtool: deliver_recv_msg()+0x0: infinite recursion (objtool bug!)

Instead of reporting an error in this case, consider the functions to be
non-dead-ends.

Reported-and-tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: damian <damian.tometzki@icloud.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7cc156408c5781a1f62085d352ced1fe39fe2f91.1525923412.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
tools/objtool/check.c