Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | [PATCH v3 4/8] objtool: Detect missing __noreturn annotations | Date | Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:27:50 -0700 |
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Most "unreachable instruction" warnings these days seem to actually be the result of a missing __noreturn annotation. Add an explicit check for that.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> --- tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt | 6 ++++++ tools/objtool/check.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt index 5a69c207a10e..2cd1fa16ed08 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt +++ b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt @@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ the objtool maintainers. If it's not actually in a callable function (e.g. kernel entry code), change ENDPROC to END. +3. file.o: warning: objtool: foo+0x48c: bar() is missing a __noreturn annotation + + The call from foo() to bar() doesn't return, but bar() is missing the + __noreturn annotation. NOTE: In addition to adding the __noreturn + annotation, the function name also needs to be added to + 'global_noreturns' in tools/objtool/check.c. 4. file.o: warning: objtool: func(): can't find starting instruction or diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c index aa083296af1e..dd10128ab013 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/check.c +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c @@ -4507,7 +4507,8 @@ static int validate_sls(struct objtool_file *file) static int validate_reachable_instructions(struct objtool_file *file) { - struct instruction *insn; + struct instruction *insn, *prev_insn; + struct symbol *call_dest; int warnings = 0; if (file->ignore_unreachables) @@ -4517,6 +4518,17 @@ static int validate_reachable_instructions(struct objtool_file *file) if (insn->visited || ignore_unreachable_insn(file, insn)) continue; + prev_insn = prev_insn_same_sec(file, insn); + if (prev_insn && prev_insn->dead_end) { + call_dest = insn_call_dest(prev_insn); + if (call_dest) { + WARN_INSN(insn, "%s() is missing a __noreturn annotation", + call_dest->name); + warnings++; + continue; + } + } + WARN_INSN(insn, "unreachable instruction"); warnings++; } -- 2.39.2
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