linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function

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Message-ID: <Z_0WsnalDXDEmPdk@google.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:07:46 +0000
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
	Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, 
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 02:23:38AM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Starting with Rust 1.86.0 (see upstream commit b151b513ba2b ("Insert null
> checks for pointer dereferences when debug assertions are enabled") [1]),
> under some kernel configurations with `CONFIG_RUST_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y`,
> one may trigger a new `objtool` warning:
> 
>     rust/kernel.o: warning: objtool: _R..._6kernel9workqueue6system()
>     falls through to next function _R...9workqueue14system_highpri()
> 
> due to a call to the `noreturn` symbol:
> 
>     core::panicking::panic_null_pointer_dereference
> 
> Thus add it to the list so that `objtool` knows it is actually `noreturn`.
> 
> See commit 56d680dd23c3 ("objtool/rust: list `noreturn` Rust functions")
> for more details.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # Needed in 6.12.y and later (Rust is pinned in older LTSs).
> Fixes: 56d680dd23c3 ("objtool/rust: list `noreturn` Rust functions")
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/commit/b151b513ba2b65c7506ec1a80f2712bbd09154d1 [1]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>