Re: [PATCH v3] x86/hyperv: Mark hv_ghcb_terminate() as noreturn

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri Mar 17 2023 - 12:24:42 EST


On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 01:05:46PM -0300, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
> Annotate the function prototype and definition as noreturn to prevent
> objtool warnings like:
>
> vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: hyperv_init+0x55c: unreachable instruction
>
> Also, as per Josh's suggestion, add it to the global_noreturns list.
> As a comparison, an objdump output without the annotation:
>
> [...]
> 1b63: mov $0x1,%esi
> 1b68: xor %edi,%edi
> 1b6a: callq ffffffff8102f680 <hv_ghcb_terminate>
> 1b6f: jmpq ffffffff82f217ec <hyperv_init+0x9c> # unreachable
> 1b74: cmpq $0xffffffffffffffff,-0x702a24(%rip)
> [...]
>
> Now, after adding the __noreturn to the function prototype:
>
> [...]
> 17df: callq ffffffff8102f6d0 <hv_ghcb_negotiate_protocol>
> 17e4: test %al,%al
> 17e6: je ffffffff82f21bb9 <hyperv_init+0x469>
> [...] <many insns>
> 1bb9: mov $0x1,%esi
> 1bbe: xor %edi,%edi
> 1bc0: callq ffffffff8102f680 <hv_ghcb_terminate>
> 1bc5: nopw %cs:0x0(%rax,%rax,1) # end of function
>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/9698eff1-9680-4f0a-94de-590eaa923e94@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me. I've got some other noreturn fixes pending, so I can
add this patch to the pile unless somebody else wants to take it.

--
Josh