[PATCH 5.10 006/130] objtool: Support retpoline jump detection for vmlinux.o

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-07-12T18:40:50Z

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>

commit 31a7424bc58063a8e0466c3c10f31a52ec2be4f6 upstream.

Objtool converts direct retpoline jumps to type INSN_JUMP_DYNAMIC, since
that's what they are semantically.

That conversion doesn't work in vmlinux.o validation because the
indirect thunk function is present in the object, so the intra-object
jump check succeeds before the retpoline jump check gets a chance.

Rearrange the checks: check for a retpoline jump before checking for an
intra-object jump.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4302893513770dde68ddc22a9d6a2a04aca491dd.1611263461.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -795,10 +795,6 @@ static int add_jump_destinations(struct
} else if (reloc->sym->type == STT_SECTION) {
dest_sec = reloc->sym->sec;
dest_off = arch_dest_reloc_offset(reloc->addend);
- } else if (reloc->sym->sec->idx) {
- dest_sec = reloc->sym->sec;
- dest_off = reloc->sym->sym.st_value +
- arch_dest_reloc_offset(reloc->addend);
} else if (!strncmp(reloc->sym->name, "__x86_indirect_thunk_", 21) ||
!strncmp(reloc->sym->name, "__x86_retpoline_", 16)) {
/*
@@ -812,6 +808,10 @@ static int add_jump_destinations(struct

insn->retpoline_safe = true;
continue;
+ } else if (reloc->sym->sec->idx) {
+ dest_sec = reloc->sym->sec;
+ dest_off = reloc->sym->sym.st_value +
+ arch_dest_reloc_offset(reloc->addend);
} else {
/* external sibling call */
insn->call_dest = reloc->sym;