From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 10/27] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_IGNORE_NORETURN()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:51:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49da10e66e03e9acdbb66677afe5b4a89500ba79.1787890035.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787890035.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
A generic interface may be noreturn in one arch and returnable in
another, in which case its common declaration can't say __noreturn.
Rust has a similar issue where a few core library calls to returnable
functions are replaced after compilation with calls to a noreturn panic
function.
Add an annotation which tells objtool to ignore the noreturn status of a
given function.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/annotate.h | 7 +++++++
include/linux/objtool_types.h | 1 +
tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h | 1 +
tools/objtool/check.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h | 1 +
5 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/annotate.h b/include/linux/annotate.h
index 2f1599c9e5732..a81ca04b4c501 100644
--- a/include/linux/annotate.h
+++ b/include/linux/annotate.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#define _LINUX_ANNOTATE_H
#include <linux/objtool_types.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_OBJTOOL
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@
*/
#define ANNOTATE_NOCFI_SYM(sym) asm(ASM_ANNOTATE_LABEL(sym, ANNOTYPE_NOCFI))
+/*
+ * Treat a function as returnable by its callers despite objtool classifying it
+ * as noreturn.
+ */
+#define ANNOTATE_IGNORE_NORETURN(sym) asm(ASM_ANNOTATE_LABEL(sym, ANNOTYPE_IGNORE_NORETURN))
+
/*
* Annotate a special section entry. This emables livepatch module generation
* to find and extract individual special section entries as needed.
diff --git a/include/linux/objtool_types.h b/include/linux/objtool_types.h
index c24e9ea392696..ce08ecc808c67 100644
--- a/include/linux/objtool_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/objtool_types.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct unwind_hint {
#define ANNOTYPE_INTRA_FUNCTION_CALL 7
#define ANNOTYPE_REACHABLE 8
#define ANNOTYPE_NOCFI 9
+#define ANNOTYPE_IGNORE_NORETURN 10
#define ANNOTYPE_DATA_SPECIAL 1
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h b/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h
index c24e9ea392696..ce08ecc808c67 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct unwind_hint {
#define ANNOTYPE_INTRA_FUNCTION_CALL 7
#define ANNOTYPE_REACHABLE 8
#define ANNOTYPE_NOCFI 9
+#define ANNOTYPE_IGNORE_NORETURN 10
#define ANNOTYPE_DATA_SPECIAL 1
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 7333b0ed86818..ddb8dbe7f71d9 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ static bool is_noreturn(struct symbol *func)
{
func = func->alias->pfunc;
+ if (func->ignore_noreturn)
+ return false;
+
if (is_listed_noreturn(func))
return true;
@@ -2389,6 +2392,18 @@ static int __annotate_early(struct objtool_file *file, int type, struct instruct
insn->noendbr = 1;
break;
+ /* Must be before detect_noreturns() */
+ case ANNOTYPE_IGNORE_NORETURN: {
+ struct symbol *sym = insn_sym(insn);
+
+ if (!sym) {
+ ERROR_INSN(insn, "dodgy IGNORE_NORETURN annotation");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ sym->ignore_noreturn = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+
default:
break;
}
@@ -2435,6 +2450,10 @@ static int __annotate_late(struct objtool_file *file, int type, struct instructi
/* early */
break;
+ case ANNOTYPE_IGNORE_NORETURN:
+ /* early */
+ break;
+
case ANNOTYPE_RETPOLINE_SAFE:
if (insn->type != INSN_JUMP_DYNAMIC &&
insn->type != INSN_CALL_DYNAMIC &&
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 46fb2230ca743..0e3593d993ac8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct symbol {
u8 dont_correlate : 1;
u8 fake : 1;
u8 _noreturn : 1;
+ u8 ignore_noreturn : 1;
struct list_head pv_target;
struct reloc *relocs;
struct section *group_sec;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 4:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 4:51 [PATCH 00/27] objtool: dynamically detect noreturns Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 01/27] objtool: Remove obsolete noreturns.h entries Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 02/27] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 03/27] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_CONTROL_FLOW Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 04/27] objtool: Fix dead end detection for sibling calls Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 05/27] objtool: Refactor the noreturn/dead-end detection Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 06/27] objtool: Ignore traps after noreturn calls in STT_CODE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 07/27] objtool: Make .discard.stack_frame_non_standard non-allocatable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 08/27] efi/libstub: Drop .discard.addressable from the stub objects Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 09/27] efi/loongarch: Mark loongarch efi_boot_kernel() non-standard for objtool Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 11/27] LoongArch: Annotate reboot and kexec paths as returnable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 12/27] kbuild: Defer running objtool to link time for all CFG features Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 17:57 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-08-28 18:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 19:27 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 13/27] rust: Annotate the intrinsic stubs as returnable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 14/27] panic: Mark abort() __noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 15/27] x86/xen: Ignore noreturn status of weak mem_map_via_hcall() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 16/27] objtool: Detect noreturns in weak functions Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 17/27] x86/entry: Make rewind_stack_and_make_dead() a real function Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 18/27] x86/xen: Make xen_cpu_bringup_again() " Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 19/27] x86/xen: Make xen_start_kernel() noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 20/27] x86/boot: Rework how pi startup symbols get exposed to vmlinux Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 21/27] objtool: Fix noreturn detection for non-sibling jumps to SYM_CODE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 22/27] objtool: Add options to write/read exported noreturns to/from a file Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 23/27] kbuild: Do the per-module objtool pass right before linking Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 24/27] kbuild: Generate the noreturn list and validate modules against it Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 25/27] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 26/27] objtool: Annotate all module-exported noreturns and remove noreturns.h Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 27/27] objtool: Warn about missing/stale ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() usage Josh Poimboeuf
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