On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 01:55:26PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 01:03:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > 01be 20d3: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax > > 01c0 20d5: 4c 39 eb cmp %r13,%rbx > > 01c3 20d8: 77 08 ja 20e2 <__do_sys_waitid+0x1cd> randconfig-build/kernel/exit.o: warning: objtool: __do_sys_waitid()+0x1c3: (branch) > > 01cd 20e2: 83 f0 01 xor $0x1,%eax > > 01d0 20e5: 48 89 c2 mov %rax,%rdx > > 01d3 20e8: 83 e2 01 and $0x1,%edx > > 01d6 20eb: 48 83 c2 02 add $0x2,%rdx > > 01da 20ef: 48 ff 04 d5 00 00 00 incq 0x0(,%rdx,8) > > 01e1 20f6: 00 > > 01de 20f3: R_X86_64_32S _ftrace_branch+0x148 > > 01e2 20f7: 84 c0 test %al,%al > > 01e4 20f9: 75 2d jne 2128 > > <__do_sys_waitid+0x213> > > we do not take this branch and fall-through. And that is the error, I think. We should've taken it and went to: return -EFAULT; because: +1be xor %eax,%eax eax=0 +1cd xor $0x1,%eax eax=1 +1e2 test %al,%al 1&1==1 -> ZF=0 +1e4 jnz Is an unconditional code sequence, but there's no way objtool can do that without becoming a full blown interpreter :/ > > 0213 2128: 49 c7 c7 f2 ff ff ff mov $0xfffffffffffffff2,%r15 > > ffffffffffffe0eb } > > 021a 212f: 48 8d 65 d8 lea -0x28(%rbp),%rsp > > 021e 2133: 4c 89 f8 mov %r15,%rax > > 0221 2136: 5b pop %rbx > > 0222 2137: 41 5c pop %r12 > > 0224 2139: 41 5d pop %r13 > > 0226 213b: 41 5e pop %r14 > > 0228 213d: 41 5f pop %r15 > > 022a 213f: 5d pop %rbp > > 022b 2140: c3 retq
