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

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 08:43:48 EST


On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 07:37:39AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 09:58:29AM +0200, 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.
>
> I think this is the same as one of the warnings you reported before (for
> which I opened the gcc bug):
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1855683.1QnG4Fe4Hq@wuerfel

Er, scratch that. Actually this is similar to one I supposedly fixed
with commit 3732710ff6f2ce2b1b7f044937a422b717d4f953. And the other
warning looks similar. Will take a look.

--
Josh