objtool: Detect falling through to the next function
There are several cases in compiled C code where a function may not return at the end, and may instead fall through to the next function. That may indicate a bug in the code, or a gcc bug, or even an objtool bug. But in each case, objtool reports an unhelpful warning, something like: drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.o: warning: objtool: qla2x00_get_fc_host_stats()+0x0: duplicate frame pointer save drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.o: warning: objtool: qla2x00_get_fc_host_stats()+0x0: frame pointer state mismatch Detect this situation and print a more useful error message: drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.o: warning: objtool: qla2x00_get_host_fabric_name() falls through to next function qla2x00_get_starget_node_name() Also add some information about this warning and its potential causes to the documentation. Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/caa4ec6c687931db805e692d4e4bf06cd87d33e6.1460729697.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Errors in .c files
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If you're getting an objtool error in a compiled .c file, chances are
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the file uses an asm() statement which has a "call" instruction. An
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asm() statement with a call instruction must declare the use of the
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stack pointer in its output operand. For example, on x86_64:
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1. c_file.o: warning: objtool: funcA() falls through to next function funcB()
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register void *__sp asm("rsp");
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asm volatile("call func" : "+r" (__sp));
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This means that funcA() doesn't end with a return instruction or an
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unconditional jump, and that objtool has determined that the function
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can fall through into the next function. There could be different
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reasons for this:
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Otherwise the stack frame may not get created before the call.
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1) funcA()'s last instruction is a call to a "noreturn" function like
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panic(). In this case the noreturn function needs to be added to
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objtool's hard-coded global_noreturns array. Feel free to bug the
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objtool maintainer, or you can submit a patch.
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Another possible cause for errors in C code is if the Makefile removes
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-fno-omit-frame-pointer or adds -fomit-frame-pointer to the gcc options.
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2) funcA() uses the unreachable() annotation in a section of code
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that is actually reachable.
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3) If funcA() calls an inline function, the object code for funcA()
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might be corrupt due to a gcc bug. For more details, see:
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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70646
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2. If you're getting any other objtool error in a compiled .c file, it
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may be because the file uses an asm() statement which has a "call"
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instruction. An asm() statement with a call instruction must declare
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the use of the stack pointer in its output operand. For example, on
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x86_64:
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register void *__sp asm("rsp");
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asm volatile("call func" : "+r" (__sp));
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Otherwise the stack frame may not get created before the call.
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3. Another possible cause for errors in C code is if the Makefile removes
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-fno-omit-frame-pointer or adds -fomit-frame-pointer to the gcc options.
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Also see the above section for .S file errors for more information what
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the individual error messages mean.
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