objtool: Detect falling through to the next function

There are several cases in compiled C code where a function may not
return at the end, and may instead fall through to the next function.

That may indicate a bug in the code, or a gcc bug, or even an objtool
bug.  But in each case, objtool reports an unhelpful warning, something
like:

  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.o: warning: objtool: qla2x00_get_fc_host_stats()+0x0: duplicate frame pointer save
  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.o: warning: objtool: qla2x00_get_fc_host_stats()+0x0: frame pointer state mismatch

Detect this situation and print a more useful error message:

  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.o: warning: objtool: qla2x00_get_host_fabric_name() falls through to next function qla2x00_get_starget_node_name()

Also add some information about this warning and its potential causes to
the documentation.

Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/caa4ec6c687931db805e692d4e4bf06cd87d33e6.1460729697.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt
index 5a95896105bc..55a60d331f47 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt
+++ b/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt
@@ -299,18 +299,38 @@ they mean, and suggestions for how to fix them.
 Errors in .c files
 ------------------
 
-If you're getting an objtool error in a compiled .c file, chances are
-the file uses an asm() statement which has a "call" instruction.  An
-asm() statement with a call instruction must declare the use of the
-stack pointer in its output operand.  For example, on x86_64:
+1. c_file.o: warning: objtool: funcA() falls through to next function funcB()
 
-   register void *__sp asm("rsp");
-   asm volatile("call func" : "+r" (__sp));
+   This means that funcA() doesn't end with a return instruction or an
+   unconditional jump, and that objtool has determined that the function
+   can fall through into the next function.  There could be different
+   reasons for this:
 
-Otherwise the stack frame may not get created before the call.
+   1) funcA()'s last instruction is a call to a "noreturn" function like
+      panic().  In this case the noreturn function needs to be added to
+      objtool's hard-coded global_noreturns array.  Feel free to bug the
+      objtool maintainer, or you can submit a patch.
 
-Another possible cause for errors in C code is if the Makefile removes
--fno-omit-frame-pointer or adds -fomit-frame-pointer to the gcc options.
+   2) funcA() uses the unreachable() annotation in a section of code
+      that is actually reachable.
+
+   3) If funcA() calls an inline function, the object code for funcA()
+      might be corrupt due to a gcc bug.  For more details, see:
+      https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70646
+
+2. If you're getting any other objtool error in a compiled .c file, it
+   may be because the file uses an asm() statement which has a "call"
+   instruction.  An asm() statement with a call instruction must declare
+   the use of the stack pointer in its output operand.  For example, on
+   x86_64:
+
+     register void *__sp asm("rsp");
+     asm volatile("call func" : "+r" (__sp));
+
+   Otherwise the stack frame may not get created before the call.
+
+3. Another possible cause for errors in C code is if the Makefile removes
+   -fno-omit-frame-pointer or adds -fomit-frame-pointer to the gcc options.
 
 Also see the above section for .S file errors for more information what
 the individual error messages mean.