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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


  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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