linux-kernel - [tip:core/objtool] objtool: Add a comment for the unreachable annotation macros

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Message-ID: <tip-d0c2e691d1cbe43662df3a08a4933f13acc352c3@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 7 Nov 2017 01:51:56 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com
Subject: [tip:core/objtool] objtool: Add a comment for the unreachable
 annotation macros

Commit-ID:  d0c2e691d1cbe43662df3a08a4933f13acc352c3
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/d0c2e691d1cbe43662df3a08a4933f13acc352c3
Author:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 07:17:37 -0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 10:48:22 +0100

objtool: Add a comment for the unreachable annotation macros

Add a comment for the unreachable annotation macros to explain their
purpose and the '__COUNTER__' label hack.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1570e48d9f87e0fc6f0126c32e7e1de6e109cb67.1509974104.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 2027104..f8734fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
 
 /* Unreachable code */
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
+/*
+ * These macros help objtool understand GCC code flow for unreachable code.
+ * The __COUNTER__ based labels are a hack to make each instance of the macros
+ * unique, to convince GCC not to merge duplicate inline asm statements.
+ */
 #define annotate_reachable() ({						\
 	asm("%c0:\n\t"							\
 	    ".pushsection .discard.reachable\n\t"			\