linux/tools/objtool
Josh Poimboeuf 4c94efdc51 x86/traps: Make exc_double_fault() consistently noreturn
[ Upstream commit 8085fcd78c ]

The CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX64 version of exc_double_fault() can return to its
caller, but the !CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX64 version never does.  In the latter
case the compiler and/or objtool may consider it to be implicitly
noreturn.

However, due to the currently inflexible way objtool detects noreturns,
a function's noreturn status needs to be consistent across configs.

The current workaround for this issue is to suppress unreachable
warnings for exc_double_fault()'s callers.  Unfortunately that can
result in ORC coverage gaps and potentially worse issues like inert
static calls and silently disabled CPU mitigations.

Instead, prevent exc_double_fault() from ever being implicitly marked
noreturn by forcing a return behind a never-taken conditional.

Until a more integrated noreturn detection method exists, this is likely
the least objectionable workaround.

Fixes: 55eeab2a8a ("objtool: Ignore exc_double_fault() __noreturn warnings")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d1f4026f8dc35d0de6cc61f2684e0cb6484009d1.1741975349.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2025-04-10 14:37:26 +02:00
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arch x86/cpu: Rename original retbleed methods 2023-08-16 21:47:53 +02:00
Documentation objtool: Move noreturn function list to separate file 2023-05-16 06:31:55 -07:00
include/objtool objtool/x86: Fix SRSO mess 2023-08-16 09:39:16 +02:00
.gitignore objtool: Install libsubcmd in build 2023-01-30 16:27:46 -08:00
Build objtool: Install libsubcmd in build 2023-01-30 16:27:46 -08:00
builtin-check.c objtool: Add verbose option for disassembling affected functions 2023-05-16 06:31:51 -07:00
check.c x86/traps: Make exc_double_fault() consistently noreturn 2025-04-10 14:37:26 +02:00
elf.c objtool: initialize all of struct elf 2023-07-10 09:52:28 +02:00
Makefile objtool: Fix HOSTCC flag usage 2023-02-01 09:15:18 -08:00
noreturns.h cred: get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS 2023-12-20 17:01:51 +01:00
objtool.c objtool: Propagate early errors 2023-11-20 11:58:52 +01:00
orc_dump.c x86,objtool: Split UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY in two 2023-03-23 23:18:58 +01:00
orc_gen.c objtool: Add elf_create_section_pair() 2023-06-07 10:03:17 -07:00
special.c objtool: Get rid of reloc->addend 2023-06-07 10:03:23 -07:00
sync-check.sh objtool: Add objtool_types.h 2023-03-23 23:18:56 +01:00
weak.c objtool: Ditch subcommands 2022-04-22 12:32:01 +02:00