From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/27] kbuild: Defer running objtool to link time for all CFG features
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:51:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1447f9f8dc6e7e02e4a8a33ce7ae92ba49d70eb3.1787890035.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787890035.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
noreturns.h file is hand-maintained file which hard codes all the known
__noreturn functions in the kernel. It's fragile, often missing
entries, and keeping it up to date is a maintenance burden.
For LTO, IBT, and klp-build configs, the majority of those entries
aren't needed, because objtool runs on vmlinux.o, so it already has
visibility into whether a given function returns (with its dead end
detection).
Remove the need for many of the noreturns.h entries by just always
deferring objtool for all features which rely on having the noreturn
information: namely the ones which rely on the reverse-engineered
control flow graph (CFG).
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
lib/Kconfig.debug | 3 ++-
scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o | 14 +++-----------
tools/objtool/noreturns.h | 23 -----------------------
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 0ea5ad31969ce..bfb977595631e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ config OBJTOOL_CONTROL_FLOW
config OBJTOOL_DEFERRED
def_bool y
depends on OBJTOOL
- depends on LTO_CLANG || X86_KERNEL_IBT || KLP_BUILD
+ depends on OBJTOOL_CONTROL_FLOW || NOINSTR_VALIDATION || LTO_CLANG || \
+ X86_KERNEL_IBT || KLP_BUILD
config VMLINUX_MAP
bool "Generate vmlinux.map file when linking"
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
index 9bac917e8b819..df1e3584883e6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
@@ -30,20 +30,12 @@ endif
# objtool for vmlinux.o
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
-# For CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED (IBT or LTO), objtool doesn't run on individual
-# translation units. Instead it runs on vmlinux.o.
-#
-# For !CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED + CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION, it runs on both
-# translation units and vmlinux.o, with the latter only used for noinstr/unret
-# validation.
+# For CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED, objtool doesn't run on individual translation
+# units. Instead it runs on vmlinux.o.
-objtool-enabled := $(or $(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED),$(CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION))
+objtool-enabled := $(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED),y)
vmlinux-objtool-args-y += $(objtool-args-y)
-else
-vmlinux-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR) += --werror
-endif
vmlinux-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION) += --noinstr \
$(if $(or $(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY),$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO)), --unret)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
index 08d441b8895cb..cd41f580ccb72 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h
@@ -7,44 +7,21 @@
* Yes, this is unfortunate. A better solution is in the works.
*/
NORETURN(__fortify_panic)
-NORETURN(__ia32_sys_exit)
-NORETURN(__ia32_sys_exit_group)
NORETURN(__kunit_abort)
NORETURN(__module_put_and_kthread_exit)
NORETURN(__stack_chk_fail)
-NORETURN(__tdx_hypercall_failed)
NORETURN(__ubsan_handle_builtin_unreachable)
-NORETURN(__x64_sys_exit)
-NORETURN(__x64_sys_exit_group)
NORETURN(acpi_processor_ffh_play_dead)
-NORETURN(arch_cpu_idle_dead)
-NORETURN(cpu_bringup_and_idle)
-NORETURN(cpu_startup_entry)
NORETURN(do_exit)
-NORETURN(do_group_exit)
-NORETURN(do_task_dead)
-NORETURN(ex_handler_msr_mce)
-NORETURN(hlt_play_dead)
-NORETURN(hv_ghcb_terminate)
NORETURN(kthread_complete_and_exit)
NORETURN(kunit_try_catch_throw)
-NORETURN(machine_real_restart)
-NORETURN(make_task_dead)
NORETURN(mpt_halt_firmware)
-NORETURN(mwait_play_dead)
-NORETURN(native_play_dead)
NORETURN(nmi_panic_self_stop)
NORETURN(panic)
NORETURN(vpanic)
NORETURN(panic_smp_self_stop)
-NORETURN(rest_init)
NORETURN(rewind_stack_and_make_dead)
NORETURN(rust_helper_BUG)
NORETURN(sev_es_terminate)
-NORETURN(start_kernel)
-NORETURN(stop_this_cpu)
-NORETURN(usercopy_abort)
-NORETURN(x86_64_start_kernel)
-NORETURN(x86_64_start_reservations)
NORETURN(xen_cpu_bringup_again)
NORETURN(xen_start_kernel)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 4:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 4:51 [PATCH 00/27] objtool: dynamically detect noreturns Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 01/27] objtool: Remove obsolete noreturns.h entries Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 02/27] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_DEFERRED Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 03/27] kbuild: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_CONTROL_FLOW Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 04/27] objtool: Fix dead end detection for sibling calls Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 05/27] objtool: Refactor the noreturn/dead-end detection Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 06/27] objtool: Ignore traps after noreturn calls in STT_CODE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 07/27] objtool: Make .discard.stack_frame_non_standard non-allocatable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 08/27] efi/libstub: Drop .discard.addressable from the stub objects Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 09/27] efi/loongarch: Mark loongarch efi_boot_kernel() non-standard for objtool Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 10/27] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_IGNORE_NORETURN() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 11/27] LoongArch: Annotate reboot and kexec paths as returnable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2026-08-28 17:57 ` [PATCH 12/27] kbuild: Defer running objtool to link time for all CFG features Nathan Chancellor
2026-08-28 18:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 19:27 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 13/27] rust: Annotate the intrinsic stubs as returnable Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 14/27] panic: Mark abort() __noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 15/27] x86/xen: Ignore noreturn status of weak mem_map_via_hcall() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 16/27] objtool: Detect noreturns in weak functions Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 17/27] x86/entry: Make rewind_stack_and_make_dead() a real function Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 18/27] x86/xen: Make xen_cpu_bringup_again() " Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 19/27] x86/xen: Make xen_start_kernel() noreturn Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 20/27] x86/boot: Rework how pi startup symbols get exposed to vmlinux Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 21/27] objtool: Fix noreturn detection for non-sibling jumps to SYM_CODE Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 22/27] objtool: Add options to write/read exported noreturns to/from a file Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 23/27] kbuild: Do the per-module objtool pass right before linking Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 24/27] kbuild: Generate the noreturn list and validate modules against it Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 25/27] objtool: Add ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 26/27] objtool: Annotate all module-exported noreturns and remove noreturns.h Josh Poimboeuf
2026-08-28 4:51 ` [PATCH 27/27] objtool: Warn about missing/stale ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() usage Josh Poimboeuf
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