linux-kernel - [tip:x86/debug] x86/amd: Set ELF function type for vide()

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:57:44 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@...or.com>@zytor.com
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Subject: [tip:x86/debug] x86/amd: Set ELF function type for vide()

Commit-ID:  48740ab9f0e953137ab62891b87f986e36e1bc69
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/48740ab9f0e953137ab62891b87f986e36e1bc69
Author:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:49:14 -0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:03:55 +0100

x86/amd: Set ELF function type for vide()

vide() is a callable function, but is missing the ELF function type,
which confuses tools like stacktool.

Properly annotate it to be a callable function.  The generated code is
unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc: Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a324095f5c9390ff39b15b4562ea1bbeda1a8282.1453405861.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index a07956a..fe2f089 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ static inline int wrmsrl_amd_safe(unsigned msr, unsigned long long val)
  */
 
 extern __visible void vide(void);
-__asm__(".globl vide\n\t.align 4\nvide: ret");
+__asm__(".globl vide\n"
+	".type vide, @function\n"
+	".align 4\n"
+	"vide: ret\n");
 
 static void init_amd_k5(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {