Re: vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: mtk_timer_probe+0x23: no-cfi indirect call!

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 03:10:30AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   65ba8f34ec886ec72b2c07ddc8cf3d815c32869d
> commit: 7a097aba725501c399b5e93d0199aa3a2f6e9c88 clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Convert to OF probing
> date:   2 weeks ago
> config: x86_64-buildonly-randconfig-1001-20261028 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261029/202610290223.iOEGeDs2-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 22.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project ca7933e47d3a3451d81e72ac174dcb5aa28b59d1)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261029/202610290223.iOEGeDs2-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
> 
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Fixes: 7a097aba7255 ("clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Convert to OF probing")
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610290223.iOEGeDs2-lkp@intel.com/
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
> >> vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: mtk_timer_probe+0x23: no-cfi indirect call!

This warning occurs as a result of the above change because
of_device_get_match_data() returns NULL when CONFIG_OF is disabled,
which results in LLVM dropping the kCFI setup since it knows that there
is no valid target for this call. Adding a check for a NULL timer_init
avoids the warning, which would probably be more robust anyways since
of_device_get_match_data() could return NULL even with CONFIG_OF=y?

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-mediatek.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-mediatek.c
index 842d6ee4259e..33bf4c97bb77 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-mediatek.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-mediatek.c
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ static int mtk_timer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int (*timer_init)(struct platform_device *pdev);
 
 	timer_init = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+	if (!timer_init)
+		return -ENODEV;
 	return timer_init(pdev);
 }
 
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Cheers,
Nathan