From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
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Patryk Wlazlyn <patryk.wlazlyn@linux.intel.com>,
Zheyun Shen <szy0127@sjtu.edu.cn>,
Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@google.com>,
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Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/smpboot: Mark native_play_dead() as __noreturn
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:51:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251027155107.183136-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
native_play_dead() ends by calling the non-returning function
hlt_play_dead() and therefore also never returns.
The !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU stub version of native_play_dead()
unconditionally calls BUG() and does not return either.
Add the __noreturn attribute to both function definitions and their
declaration to document this behavior and to potentially improve
compiler optimizations.
Remove the obsolete comment, and add native_play_dead() to the objtool's
list of __noreturn functions.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 8 ++------
tools/objtool/noreturns.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
index 22bfebe6776d..84951572ab81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int common_cpu_up(unsigned int cpunum, struct task_struct *tidle);
int native_kick_ap(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle);
int native_cpu_disable(void);
void __noreturn hlt_play_dead(void);
-void native_play_dead(void);
+void __noreturn native_play_dead(void);
void play_dead_common(void);
void wbinvd_on_cpu(int cpu);
void wbinvd_on_all_cpus(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index eb289abece23..a4ba735842a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1328,11 +1328,7 @@ void __noreturn hlt_play_dead(void)
native_halt();
}
-/*
- * native_play_dead() is essentially a __noreturn function, but it can't
- * be marked as such as the compiler may complain about it.
- */
-void native_play_dead(void)
+void __noreturn native_play_dead(void)
{
if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS))
__update_spec_ctrl(0);
@@ -1351,7 +1347,7 @@ int native_cpu_disable(void)
return -ENOSYS;
}
-void native_play_dead(void)
+void __noreturn native_play_dead(void)
{
BUG();
}
diff --git a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
index 802895fae3ca..14f8ab653449 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ NORETURN(machine_real_restart)
NORETURN(make_task_dead)
NORETURN(mpt_halt_firmware)
NORETURN(mwait_play_dead)
+NORETURN(native_play_dead)
NORETURN(nmi_panic_self_stop)
NORETURN(panic)
NORETURN(vpanic)
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-10-27 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-27 15:51 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2025-10-27 19:28 ` [PATCH] x86/smpboot: Mark native_play_dead() as __noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-27 19:56 ` Thorsten Blum
2025-10-27 20:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2025-10-31 11:04 ` [tip: objtool/core] " tip-bot2 for Thorsten Blum
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