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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:35:49 +0100
From: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] objtool: list `noreturn` Rust functions
On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:14:58 +0200
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org> wrote:
> Rust functions may be `noreturn` (i.e. diverging) by returning the
> "never" type, `!`, e.g.
>
> fn f() -> ! {
> loop {}
> }
>
> Thus list the known `noreturn` functions to avoid such warnings.
>
> Without this, `objtool` would complain if enabled for Rust, e.g.:
>
> rust/core.o: warning: objtool:
> _R...9panic_fmt() falls through to next function _R...18panic_nounwind_fmt()
>
> rust/alloc.o: warning: objtool:
> .text: unexpected end of section
>
> In order to do so, we cannot match symbols' names exactly, for two
> reasons:
>
> - Rust mangling scheme [1] contains disambiguators [2] which we
> cannot predict (e.g. they may vary depending on the compiler version).
>
> One possibility to solve this would be to parse v0 and ignore/zero
> those before comparison.
>
> - Some of the diverging functions come from `core` and `alloc`, i.e.
> the Rust standard library, which may change with each compiler version
> since they are implementation details (e.g. `panic_internals`).
>
> Thus, to workaround both issues, only part of the symbols are matched,
> instead of using the `NORETURN` macro in `noreturns.h`.
>
> Ideally, just like for the C side, we should have a better solution. For
> instance, the compiler could give us the list via something like:
>
> $ rustc --print noreturns ...
>
> Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2603-rust-symbol-name-mangling-v0.html [1]
> Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/symbol-mangling/v0.html#disambiguator [2]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> ---
> Please let me know if there is a better solution -- what kind of solution was
> being thought about for C as mentioned in `noreturns.h`? Would it help for Rust?
>
> tools/objtool/check.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/objtool/noreturns.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> index 0a33d9195b7a..0afdcee038fd 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -177,6 +177,20 @@ static bool is_sibling_call(struct instruction *insn)
> return (is_static_jump(insn) && insn_call_dest(insn));
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Checks if a string ends with another.
> + */
> +static bool str_ends_with(const char *s, const char *sub)
> +{
> + const int slen = strlen(s);
> + const int sublen = strlen(sub);
> +
> + if (sublen > slen)
> + return 0;
> +
> + return !memcmp(s + slen - sublen, sub, sublen);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * This checks to see if the given function is a "noreturn" function.
> *
> @@ -202,10 +216,30 @@ static bool __dead_end_function(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
> if (!func)
> return false;
>
> - if (func->bind == STB_GLOBAL || func->bind == STB_WEAK)
> + if (func->bind == STB_GLOBAL || func->bind == STB_WEAK) {
> + /*
> + * Rust standard library functions.
> + *
> + * These are just heuristics -- we do not control the precise symbol
> + * name, due to the crate disambiguators (which depend on the compiler)
> + * as well as changes to the source code itself between versions.
> + */
> + if (!strncmp(func->name, "_R", 2) &&
> + (str_ends_with(func->name, "_4core6option13unwrap_failed") ||
> + str_ends_with(func->name, "_4core6result13unwrap_failed") ||
> + str_ends_with(func->name, "_4core9panicking5panic") ||
> + str_ends_with(func->name, "_4core9panicking9panic_fmt") ||
> + str_ends_with(func->name, "_4core9panicking14panic_explicit") ||
> + str_ends_with(func->name, "_4core9panicking18panic_bounds_check") ||
> + strstr(func->name, "_4core9panicking11panic_const24panic_const_") ||
> + (strstr(func->name, "_4core5slice5index24slice_") &&
> + str_ends_with(func->name, "_fail"))))
> + return true;
> +
I wonder if we should use dwarf for this. There's DW_AT_noreturn which
tells us exactly what we want. This would also remove the need for the
hardcoded C symbol list. I do recognise that debug info is not required
for objtool though...
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(global_noreturns); i++)
> if (!strcmp(func->name, global_noreturns[i]))
> return true;
> + }
>
> if (func->bind == STB_WEAK)
> return false;
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
> index 7ebf29c91184..82a001ac433b 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
> +++ b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
> @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ NORETURN(panic)
> NORETURN(panic_smp_self_stop)
> NORETURN(rest_init)
> NORETURN(rewind_stack_and_make_dead)
> +NORETURN(rust_begin_unwind)
> +NORETURN(rust_helper_BUG)
> NORETURN(sev_es_terminate)
> NORETURN(snp_abort)
> NORETURN(start_kernel)
> --
> 2.45.2
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