linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for avoiding .L prefix symbols in assembly files

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:59:48 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Aditya <yashsri421@...il.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        dwaipayanray1@...il.com, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for avoiding .L prefix symbols
 in assembly files

On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:57:03AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > $ git grep -P '^\s*SYM_[A-Z]+_(?:START|END)(?:_[A-Z_]+)?\s*\(\s*\.L' -- '*.S'
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S:SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lrelocated)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S:SYM_FUNC_END(.Lrelocated)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S:SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lrelocated)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S:SYM_FUNC_END(.Lrelocated)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S:SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lpaging_enabled)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S:SYM_FUNC_END(.Lpaging_enabled)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S:SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lno_longmode)
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S:SYM_FUNC_END(.Lno_longmode)
> > arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S:SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lin_pm32)
> > arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S:SYM_FUNC_END(.Lin_pm32)
> > arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lbad_gs)
> > arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:SYM_CODE_END(.Lbad_gs)
> > arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S:SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(.Lcopy_user_handle_tail)
> > arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S:SYM_CODE_END(.Lcopy_user_handle_tail)
> > arch/x86/lib/getuser.S:SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(.Lbad_get_user_clac)
> > arch/x86/lib/getuser.S:SYM_CODE_END(.Lbad_get_user_clac)
> > arch/x86/lib/getuser.S:SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(.Lbad_get_user_8_clac)
> > arch/x86/lib/getuser.S:SYM_CODE_END(.Lbad_get_user_8_clac)
> > arch/x86/lib/putuser.S:SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(.Lbad_put_user_clac)
> > arch/x86/lib/putuser.S:SYM_CODE_END(.Lbad_put_user_clac)
> > arch/x86/realmode/rm/wakeup_asm.S:SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(.Lwakeup_idt)
> > arch/x86/realmode/rm/wakeup_asm.S:SYM_DATA_END(.Lwakeup_idt)
> 
> Josh, I assume objtool does not annotate code under:
> arch/x86/boot/
> arch/x86/entry/
> arch/x86/realmode/
> ?
> 
> The rest, ie
> arch/x86/lib/
> seem potentially relevant?

Both arch/x86/entry/* and arch/x86/lib/* are read by objtool and should
probably be fixed up.

-- 
Josh