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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 21/27] objtool: Fix noreturn detection for non-sibling jumps to SYM_CODE
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:51:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d8a6c30639aca44db48dacd979049d2b90d15f34.1787890035.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787890035.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>

Objtool doesn't consider a jump to be a sibling call if the destination
isn't a function, so srso_alias_untrain_ret()'s jump to
srso_alias_return_thunk() is ignored by objtool and the former is
falsely classified as noreturn.

Change the noreturn detection to consider such cases as effectively
sibling calls, except for one known exception: jumping to .altinstr_aux.

Currently the misclassification is harmless: dead ends aren't marked
when calling a noreturn from an alternative replacement
(CALL_UNTRAIN_RET), they're ignored by rethunk validation, and ORC
generation relies on unwind hints in the SRSO code regardless.

Fix it in the name of robustness and in preparation for a subsequent
patch which generates a list of exported noreturns.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 tools/objtool/check.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index c55851ec389cd..d27303220c29d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -264,8 +264,22 @@ static bool might_return(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
 		if (insn->type == INSN_RETURN)
 			return true;
 
-		if (!is_sibling_call(insn))
+		if (!is_sibling_call(insn)) {
+			/*
+			 * Assume a jump into a non-function eventually returns
+			 * to the original caller one way or another, e.g., the
+			 * jump in srso_alias_untrain_ret().
+			 *
+			 * .altinstr_aux is an exception, cpu_feature_enabled()
+			 * jumps there and then right back.
+			 */
+			if (is_static_jump(insn) && insn->jump_dest &&
+			    !insn_func(insn->jump_dest) &&
+			    strcmp(insn->jump_dest->sec->name, ".altinstr_aux"))
+				return true;
+
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		dest = insn_call_dest(insn);
 		if (!dest || !is_noreturn(dest))
-- 
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 ` [PATCH 10/27] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_IGNORE_NORETURN() Josh Poimboeuf
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 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
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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