Re: [PATCH v5 02/10] x86: Compile-time asm code validation

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.com>]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:21:36AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2015 5:07 AM, "Josh Poimboeuf" <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add a new CONFIG_ASM_VALIDATION option which adds an asmvalidate host
> > tool which runs on every compiled .S file.  Its goal is to enforce sane
> > rules on all asm code, so that stack debug metadata (frame/back chain
> > pointers and/or DWARF CFI metadata) can be made reliable.
> >
> > It enforces the following rules:
> >
> > 1. Each callable function must be annotated with the ELF STT_FUNC type.
> >    This is typically done using the ENTRY/ENDPROC macros.  If
> >    asmvalidate finds a return instruction outside of a function, it
> >    flags an error, since that usually indicates callable code which
> >    should be annotated accordingly.
> >
> > 2. Each callable function must never leave its own bounds (i.e. with a
> >    jump to outside the function) except when returning.
> 
> Won't that break with sibling/tail calls?  GCC can generate those, and
> the ia32_ptregs_common label is an example of such a thing.

It only validates hand-written assembly, so how it could?

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Vojtech Pavlik
Director SUSE Labs