From: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
To: Julien Thierry <jthierry@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jpoimboe@redhat.com,
peterz@infradead.org, raphael.gault@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] objtool: check: Allow save/restore hint in non standard function symbols
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:54:03 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.21.2004011552290.15809@pobox.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200327152847.15294-8-jthierry@redhat.com>
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Julien Thierry wrote:
> The kernel code base provides CODE_SYM_START/END to declare assembly
> code sequences that don't follow function standard calling conventions.
>
> As non-C/non-standard code, these sequences can very much benefit from
> unwind hints. However, when a restore unwind_hint is used in a
> non-function code sequence, objtool will crash when looking for the
> corresponding save hint.
>
> Record the code symbol an instruction belongs to and look for save hints
> belonging to the same code symbol as the restore hint.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <jthierry@redhat.com>
Looks ok, but save/restore hints are about to go away. See
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200331222703.GH2452@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net/
Miroslav
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-01 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-27 15:28 [PATCH v2 00/10] Objtool updates for easier portability Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] objtool: Move header sync-check ealier in build Julien Thierry
2020-04-01 12:32 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-04-01 12:44 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-01 12:55 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-04-02 17:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 17:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] objtool: check: Remove redundant checks on operand type Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] objtool: check: Clean instruction state before each function validation Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] objtool: check: Ignore empty alternative groups Julien Thierry
2020-04-01 12:53 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-04-01 13:43 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-01 13:48 ` Miroslav Benes
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] objtool: check: Remove check preventing branches within alternative Julien Thierry
2020-05-01 18:22 ` [tip: objtool/core] objtool: " tip-bot2 for Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] objtool: check: Use arch specific values in restore_reg() Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] objtool: check: Allow save/restore hint in non standard function symbols Julien Thierry
2020-04-01 13:54 ` Miroslav Benes [this message]
2020-04-01 14:06 ` Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] objtool: Add abstraction for computation of symbols offsets Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] objtool: Split generic and arch specific CFI definitions Julien Thierry
2020-03-27 15:28 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] objtool: Support multiple stack_op per instruction Julien Thierry
2020-04-02 17:54 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 18:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 8:01 ` Julien Thierry
2020-04-03 14:55 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-22 22:24 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Julien Thierry
2020-04-23 7:49 ` tip-bot2 for Julien Thierry
2020-04-23 11:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-02 17:58 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] Objtool updates for easier portability Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 18:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-03 7:17 ` Miroslav Benes
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