[RFC PATCH] objtool: Skip unannotated intra-function call warning for bl+mflr pattern

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 19/02/2025 à 17:20, Sathvika Vasireddy a écrit :
> Architectures like PowerPC use a pattern where the compiler generates a
> branch-and-link (bl) instruction that targets the very next instruction,
> followed by loading the link register (mflr) later. This pattern appears
> in the code like:
> 
>   bl .+4
>   li r5,0
>   mflr r30

What compiler do you use ? Is it a very old version of GCC ?

That sequence is not correct and should never be used by modern 
compilers. It should be bcl 20,31,+4 instead.

All such hand writen sequences have been removed from kernel assembly, 
see commit c974809a26a1 ("powerpc/vdso: Avoid link stack corruption in 
__get_datapage()") for details


> 
> Objtool currently warns about this as an "unannotated intra-function
> call" because find_call_destination() fails to find any symbol at the
> target offset. Add a check to skip the warning when a branch targets
> the immediate next instruction in the same function.

I think this should be done in arch_decode_instruction(), just set 
insn->type to INSN_OTHER when you see bl .+4

Something like:

diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/powerpc/decode.c 
b/tools/objtool/arch/powerpc/decode.c
index 53b55690f320..ca264c97ee8d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/powerpc/decode.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/powerpc/decode.c
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ int arch_decode_instruction(struct objtool_file *file, 
const struct section *sec

  	switch (opcode) {
  	case 18: /* b[l][a] */
-		if ((ins & 3) == 1) /* bl */
+		if (ins == 0x48000005)	/* bl .+4 */
+			typ = INSN_OTHER;
+		else if ((ins & 3) == 1) /* bl */
  			typ = INSN_CALL;

  		imm = ins & 0x3fffffc;



> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202502180818.XnFdv8I8-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   tools/objtool/check.c | 6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> index 753dbc4f8198..3f7cf2c917b5 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ static struct symbol *find_call_destination(struct section *sec, unsigned long o
>    */
>   static int add_call_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
>   {
> +       struct instruction *next_insn;
>          struct instruction *insn;
>          unsigned long dest_off;
>          struct symbol *dest;
> @@ -1625,6 +1626,11 @@ static int add_call_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
>                  reloc = insn_reloc(file, insn);
>                  if (!reloc) {
>                          dest_off = arch_jump_destination(insn);
> +
> +                       next_insn = next_insn_same_func(file, insn);
> +                       if (next_insn && dest_off == next_insn->offset)
> +                               continue;
> +
>                          dest = find_call_destination(insn->sec, dest_off);
> 
>                          add_call_dest(file, insn, dest, false);
> --
> 2.39.3
>