Re: [PATCH 0/2] objtool: a couple of minor fixes

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 05:16:47 EST


On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:58:29 AM CEST Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:22:51 PM CEST Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > Fix a couple of issues:
> >
> > - fix a false positive warning related to switch statement jump tables
> > - get rid of useless "unreachable instruction" warnings for gcov kernels
> >
> > Josh Poimboeuf (2):
> > objtool: improve rare switch jump table pattern detection
> > objtool: skip all "unreachable instruction" warnings for gcov kernels
> >
> > tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> > 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> I got another warning today with linux-next, but have not looked into it:
>
> drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.o: warning: objtool: rxe_completer()+0x315: sibling call from callable instruction with changed frame pointer
>
> .config and object file attached.


And another one, let me know if you want detailed information about
this one too, I suspect they are related.

drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusb_dec.o: warning: objtool: ttusb_dec_process_urb_frame_list()+0x112: sibling call from callable instruction with changed frame pointer

Arnd