From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753895AbeFDHQF (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 03:16:05 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55850 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753584AbeFDHDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 03:03:42 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Arnd Bergmann , David Laight , Linus Torvalds , Thomas Gleixner , damian , Ingo Molnar Subject: [PATCH 4.16 05/47] objtool: Fix "noreturn" detection for recursive sibling calls Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 08:58:17 +0200 Message-Id: <20180604065549.699801901@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20180604065549.468488465@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180604065549.468488465@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Josh Poimboeuf commit 0afd0d9e0e7879d666c1df2fa1bea4d8716909fe upstream. 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 Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: David Laight Cc: Greg KH Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: damian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7cc156408c5781a1f62085d352ced1fe39fe2f91.1525923412.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- tools/objtool/check.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/tools/objtool/check.c +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c @@ -208,9 +208,13 @@ static int __dead_end_function(struct ob /* local sibling call */ if (recursion == 5) { - WARN_FUNC("infinite recursion (objtool bug!)", - dest->sec, dest->offset); - return -1; + /* + * Infinite recursion: two functions + * have sibling calls to each other. + * This is a very rare case. It means + * they aren't dead ends. + */ + return 0; } return __dead_end_function(file, dest->func,