This patch abstracts the few architecture dependent tests that are
perform when handling special section and switch tables. It enables any
architecture to ignore a particular CPU feature or not to handle switch
tables.
Signed-off-by: Raphael Gault <raphael.ga...@arm.com>
---
tools/objtool/arch/arm64/Build | 1 +
tools/objtool/arch/arm64/include/arch_special.h | 10 ++++++++--
tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build | 1 +
tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch_special.h | 9 +++++++++
tools/objtool/check.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
tools/objtool/special.c | 9 ++-------
tools/objtool/special.h | 3 +++
7 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/Build b/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/Build
index bf7a32c2b9e9..3d09be745a84 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/Build
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/Build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+objtool-y += arch_special.o
objtool-y += decode.o
objtool-y += orc_dump.o
objtool-y += orc_gen.o
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/include/arch_special.h
b/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/include/arch_special.h
index 63da775d0581..185103be8a51 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/include/arch_special.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/arm64/include/arch_special.h
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@
#define ALT_ORIG_LEN_OFFSET 10
#define ALT_NEW_LEN_OFFSET 11
-#define X86_FEATURE_POPCNT (4 * 32 + 23)
-#define X86_FEATURE_SMAP (9 * 32 + 20)
+static inline bool arch_should_ignore_feature(unsigned short feature)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+static inline bool arch_support_switch_table(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif /* _ARM64_ARCH_SPECIAL_H */
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build
index 1f11b45999d0..63e167775bc8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+objtool-y += arch_special.o
objtool-y += decode.o
objtool-y += orc_dump.o
objtool-y += orc_gen.o
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch_special.h
b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch_special.h
index 424ce47013e3..fce2b1193194 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch_special.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch_special.h
@@ -33,4 +33,13 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_POPCNT (4 * 32 + 23)
#define X86_FEATURE_SMAP (9 * 32 + 20)
+static inline bool arch_should_ignore_feature(unsigned short feature)
+{
+ return feature == X86_FEATURE_POPCNT;
+}
+
+static inline bool arch_support_switch_table(void)
+{
+ return true;
+}
#endif /* _X86_ARCH_SPECIAL_H */
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index cd9cd26206d1..0ee3b781ddd8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static int handle_group_alt(struct objtool_file *file,
last_orig_insn = insn;
}
- if (next_insn_same_sec(file, last_orig_insn)) {
+ if (last_orig_insn && next_insn_same_sec(file, last_orig_insn)) {
fake_jump = malloc(sizeof(*fake_jump));
if (!fake_jump) {
WARN("malloc failed");
@@ -1054,6 +1054,17 @@ static struct rela *find_switch_table(struct
objtool_file *file,
if (find_symbol_containing(rodata_sec, table_offset))
continue;
+ /*
+ * If we are on arm64 architecture, we now that we
+ * are in presence of a switch table thanks to
+ * the `br <Xn>` insn. but we can't retrieve it yet.
+ * So we just ignore unreachable for this file.
+ */
+ if (!arch_support_switch_table()) {
+ file->ignore_unreachables = true;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
rodata_rela = find_rela_by_dest(rodata_sec, table_offset);
if (rodata_rela) {
/*
@@ -1853,7 +1864,7 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file,
struct instruction *first,
insn = first;
sec = insn->sec;
- if (insn->alt_group && list_empty(&insn->alts)) {
+ if (!insn->visited && insn->alt_group && list_empty(&insn->alts)) {
WARN_FUNC("don't know how to handle branch to middle of
alternative instruction group",
sec, insn->offset);
return 1;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/special.c b/tools/objtool/special.c
index fd7c928fa1d6..e33321637932 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/special.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/special.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct
special_entry *entry,
* feature path which is a "very very small percentage of
* machines".
*/
- if (feature == X86_FEATURE_POPCNT)
+ if (arch_should_ignore_feature(feature))
alt->skip_orig = true;
/*
@@ -105,12 +105,7 @@ static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct
special_entry *entry,
* find paths that see the STAC but take the NOP instead of
* CLAC and the other way around.
*/
- if (feature == X86_FEATURE_SMAP) {
- if (uaccess)
- alt->skip_orig = true;
- else
- alt->skip_alt = true;
- }
+ arch_force_alt_path(feature, uaccess, alt);
}
orig_rela = find_rela_by_dest(sec, offset + entry->orig);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/special.h b/tools/objtool/special.h
index d5c062e718ef..05f1e496bf7c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/special.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/special.h
@@ -39,5 +39,8 @@ struct special_alt {
};
int special_get_alts(struct elf *elf, struct list_head *alts);
+void arch_force_alt_path(unsigned short feature,
+ bool uaccess,
+ struct special_alt *alt);
#endif /* _SPECIAL_H */
--
2.17.1
