linux-kernel - [tip:core/urgent] objtool: Fix function fallthrough detection

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Date:   Mon, 13 May 2019 11:34:44 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jpoimboe@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        lkp@...el.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, hpa@...or.com,
        peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [tip:core/urgent] objtool: Fix function fallthrough detection

Commit-ID:  e6f393bc939d566ce3def71232d8013de9aaadde
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/e6f393bc939d566ce3def71232d8013de9aaadde
Author:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 13 May 2019 12:01:32 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Mon, 13 May 2019 20:31:17 +0200

objtool: Fix function fallthrough detection

When a function falls through to the next function due to a compiler
bug, objtool prints some obscure warnings.  For example:

  drivers/regulator/core.o: warning: objtool: regulator_count_voltages()+0x95: return with modified stack frame
  drivers/regulator/core.o: warning: objtool: regulator_count_voltages()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+32 cfa2=7+8

Instead it should be printing:

  drivers/regulator/core.o: warning: objtool: regulator_supply_is_couple() falls through to next function regulator_count_voltages()

This used to work, but was broken by the following commit:

  13810435b9a7 ("objtool: Support GCC 8's cold subfunctions")

The padding nops at the end of a function aren't actually part of the
function, as defined by the symbol table.  So the 'func' variable in
validate_branch() is getting cleared to NULL when a padding nop is
encountered, breaking the fallthrough detection.

If the current instruction doesn't have a function associated with it,
just consider it to be part of the previously detected function by not
overwriting the previous value of 'func'.

Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Fixes: 13810435b9a7 ("objtool: Support GCC 8's cold subfunctions")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/546d143820cd08a46624ae8440d093dd6c902cae.1557766718.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 tools/objtool/check.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 90226791df6b..7325d89ccad9 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -1959,7 +1959,8 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct instruction *first,
 			return 1;
 		}
 
-		func = insn->func ? insn->func->pfunc : NULL;
+		if (insn->func)
+			func = insn->func->pfunc;
 
 		if (func && insn->ignore) {
 			WARN_FUNC("BUG: why am I validating an ignored function?",