linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] objtool: stack validation 2.0

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:32:03 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] objtool: stack validation 2.0


* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:

> This is a major rewrite of objtool.  Instead of only tracking frame
> pointer changes, it now tracks all stack-related operations, including
> all register saves/restores.
> 
> In addition to making stack validation more robust, this also paves the
> way for undwarf generation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

Note, I have applied the first 3 patches, and got a bunch of new warnings on x86 
64-bit allmodconfig:

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.o: warning: objtool: do_sync_core()+0x1b: unsupported instruction in callable function
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.o: warning: objtool: text_poke()+0x1a8: unsupported instruction in callable function
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.o: warning: objtool: do_sync_core()+0x16: unsupported instruction in callable function
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.o: warning: objtool: machine_check_poll()+0x166: unsupported instruction in callable function
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.o: warning: objtool: do_machine_check()+0x147: unsupported instruction in callable function

(That's the vmlinux build - plus 4 more warnings in the modules build.)

That's with GCC 5.3.1.

Let me know if you need any more info.

Thanks,

	Ingo