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Message-ID: <174220839140.14745.6981725595927605919.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:46:31 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: objtool/core] objtool: Improve __noreturn annotation warning
The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:
Commit-ID: acae6b5bfffedc0440837c52584696dadb2fa334
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/acae6b5bfffedc0440837c52584696dadb2fa334
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:29:01 -07:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:36:00 +01:00
objtool: Improve __noreturn annotation warning
Clarify what needs to be done to resolve the missing __noreturn warning.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ab835a35d00bacf8aff0b56257df93f14fdd8224.1741975349.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
---
tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt | 12 +++++-------
tools/objtool/check.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt
index 7c3ee95..87950a7 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt
+++ b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt
@@ -319,14 +319,12 @@ the objtool maintainers.
a just a bad person, you can tell objtool to ignore it. See the
"Adding exceptions" section below.
- If it's not actually in a callable function (e.g. kernel entry code),
- change ENDPROC to END.
+3. file.o: warning: objtool: foo+0x48c: bar() missing __noreturn in .c/.h or NORETURN() in noreturns.h
-3. file.o: warning: objtool: foo+0x48c: bar() is missing a __noreturn annotation
-
- The call from foo() to bar() doesn't return, but bar() is missing the
- __noreturn annotation. NOTE: In addition to annotating the function
- with __noreturn, please also add it to tools/objtool/noreturns.h.
+ The call from foo() to bar() doesn't return, but bar() is incorrectly
+ annotated. A noreturn function must be marked __noreturn in both its
+ declaration and its definition, and must have a NORETURN() annotation
+ in tools/objtool/noreturns.h.
4. file.o: warning: objtool: func(): can't find starting instruction
or
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index e68a89e..d6af538 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -4477,7 +4477,7 @@ static int validate_reachable_instructions(struct objtool_file *file)
if (prev_insn && prev_insn->dead_end) {
call_dest = insn_call_dest(prev_insn);
if (call_dest) {
- WARN_INSN(insn, "%s() is missing a __noreturn annotation",
+ WARN_INSN(insn, "%s() missing __noreturn in .c/.h or NORETURN() in noreturns.h",
call_dest->name);
warnings++;
continue;
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