user/sven/linux.git/tools/objtool/include, branch v6.16.3

objtool: Speed up SHT_GROUP reindexing

2025-05-14T11:09:02Z

After elf_update_group_sh_info() was introduced, a prototype version of "objtool klp diff" went from taking ~1s to several minutes, due to looping almost endlessly in elf_update_group_sh_info() while creating thousands of local symbols in a file with thousands of sections. Dramatically improve the performance by marking all symbols' correlated SHT_GROUP sections while reading the object. That way there's no need to search for it every time a symbol gets reindexed. Fixes: 2cb291596e2c ("objtool: Fix up st_info in COMDAT group section") Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Rong Xu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2a33e583c87e3283706f346f9d59aac20653b7fd.1746662991.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

objtool: Split INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH into INSN_SYSCALL and INSN_SYSRET

2025-04-08T07:14:11Z

INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH is ambiguous. It can represent both call semantics (SYSCALL, SYSENTER) and return semantics (SYSRET, IRET, RETS, RETU). Those differ significantly: calls preserve control flow whereas returns terminate it. Objtool uses an arbitrary rule for INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH that almost works by accident: if in a function, keep going; otherwise stop. It should instead be based on the semantics of the underlying instruction. In preparation for improving that, split INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH into INSN_SYCALL and INSN_SYSRET. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/19a76c74d2c051d3bc9a775823cafc65ad267a7a.1744095216.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

objtool: Change "warning:" to "error: " for fatal errors

2025-04-01T07:07:13Z

This is similar to GCC's behavior and makes it more obvious why the build failed. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0ea76f4b0e7a370711ed9f75fd0792bb5979c2bf.1743481539.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

Revert "objtool: Increase per-function WARN_FUNC() rate limit"

2025-04-01T07:07:13Z

This reverts commit 0a7fb6f07e3ad497d31ae9a2082d2cacab43d54a. The "skipping duplicate warnings" warning is technically not an actual warning, which can cause confusion. This feature isn't all that useful anyway. It's exceedingly rare for a function to have more than one unrelated warning. Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e5abe5e858acf1a9207a5dfa0f37d17ac9dca872.1743481539.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

objtool: Reduce CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR verbosity

2025-03-25T08:20:27Z

Remove the following from CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR: * backtrace * "upgraded warnings to errors" message * cmdline args This makes the default output less cluttered and makes it easier to spot the actual warnings. Note the above options are still are available with --verbose or OBJTOOL_VERBOSE=1. Also, do the cmdline arg printing on all warnings, regardless of werror. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d61df69f64b396fa6b2a1335588aad7a34ea9e71.1742852846.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

objtool: Improve error handling

2025-03-25T08:20:27Z

Fix some error handling issues, improve error messages, properly distinguish betwee errors and warnings, and generally try to make all the error handling more consistent. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3094bb4463dad29b6bd1bea03848d1571ace771c.1742852846.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

objtool: Fix X86_FEATURE_SMAP alternative handling

2025-03-25T08:20:26Z

For X86_FEATURE_SMAP alternatives which replace NOP with STAC or CLAC, uaccess validation skips the NOP branch to avoid following impossible code paths, e.g. where a STAC would be patched but a CLAC wouldn't. However, it's not safe to assume an X86_FEATURE_SMAP alternative is patching STAC/CLAC. There can be other alternatives, like static_cpu_has(), where both branches need to be validated. Fix that by repurposing ANNOTATE_IGNORE_ALTERNATIVE for skipping either original instructions or new ones. This is a more generic approach which enables the removal of the feature checking hacks and the insn->ignore bit. Fixes the following warnings: arch/x86/mm/fault.o: warning: objtool: do_user_addr_fault+0x8ec: __stack_chk_fail() missing __noreturn in .c/.h or NORETURN() in noreturns.h arch/x86/mm/fault.o: warning: objtool: do_user_addr_fault+0x8f1: unreachable instruction [ mingo: Fix up conflicts with recent x86 changes. ] Fixes: ea24213d8088 ("objtool: Add UACCESS validation") Reported-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/de0621ca242130156a55d5d74fed86994dfa4c9c.1742852846.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202503181736.zkZUBv4N-lkp@intel.com/

objtool: Ignore entire functions rather than instructions

2025-03-25T08:20:25Z

STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD applies to functions. Use a function-specific ignore attribute in preparation for getting rid of insn->ignore. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4af13376567f83331a9372ae2bb25e11a3d0f055.1742852846.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org

objtool: Fix detection of consecutive jump tables on Clang 20

2025-03-25T08:20:25Z

The jump table detection code assumes jump tables are in the same order as their corresponding indirect branches. That's apparently not always true with Clang 20. Fix that by changing how multiple jump tables are detected. In the first detection pass, mark the beginning of each jump table so the second pass can tell where one ends and the next one begins. Fixes the following warnings: vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: SiS_GetCRT2Ptr+0x1ad: stack state mismatch: cfa1=4+8 cfa2=5+16 sound/core/seq/snd-seq.o: warning: objtool: cc_ev_to_ump_midi2+0x589: return with modified stack frame Fixes: be2f0b1e1264 ("objtool: Get rid of reloc->jump_table_start") Reported-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/141752fff614eab962dba6bdfaa54aa67ff03bba.1742852846.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202503171547.LlCTJLQL-lkp@intel.com/ Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202503200535.J3hAvcjw-lkp@intel.com/

objtool: Create backup on error and print args

2025-03-17T10:36:02Z

Recreating objtool errors can be a manual process. Kbuild removes the object, so it has to be compiled or linked again before running objtool. Then the objtool args need to be reversed engineered. Make that all easier by automatically making a backup of the object file on error, and print a modified version of the args which can be used to recreate. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7571e30636359b3e173ce6e122419452bb31882f.1741975349.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org