* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 02:44:57PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 11:37:16AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > * Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > This is v19 of the compile-time stack metadata validation patch set.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's based on tip:core/objtool.
> > > >
> > > > So I've upgraded my main build box to Fedora 23, to:
> > > >
> > > > gcc version 5.3.1 20151207 (Red Hat 5.3.1-2) (GCC)
> > > > GNU assembler version 2.25 (x86_64-redhat-linux) using BFD version
> > > > version 2.25-15.fc23
> > > > GNU ld version 2.25-15.fc23
> > > >
> > > > and I'm now getting a bunch of these warnings:
> > > >
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2e7: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2f3: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2ff: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x30b: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x317: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x323: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x32f: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x33b: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x348: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x355: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x362: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x36f: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x37c: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x389: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x396: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2e7: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2f3: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2ff: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x30b: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x317: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x323: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x32f: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x33b: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x348: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x355: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x362: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x36f: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x37c: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x389: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x396: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x19a: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1a6: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1b2: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1be: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1ca: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1d6: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1e2: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1ee: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x1ff: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x210: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x221: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x251: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x262: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x273: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x284: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x295: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2a6: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.o: warning: objtool:
> > > > rtlwifi_rate_mapping()+0x2b7: frame pointer state mismatch
> > > >
> > > > I see nothing particularly weird about rtlwifi_rate_mapping(), except
> > > > the tons of
> > > > switch statements - maybe GCC does something really clever here?
> > > >
> > > > In any case this needs to be addressed before the merge window. Also, I
> > > > think we
> > > > should limit the number of objtool warnings to one per function?
> > >
> > > This is a bug in objtool's handling of switch statement jump tables. In
> > > fact, the 0-day bot warned me about this bug yesterday, but I
> > > misinterpreted it:
> > >
> > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/201603060006.ynz9xtcs%fengguang...@intel.com
> > >
> > > I'll fix it up today. I'll also limit the warnings to one per function.
> > >
> > > BTW, I was only able to recreate this particular issue after updating to
> > > today's tip/master. It was triggered by a new config option:
> > > CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL.
> >
> > ah, makes sense! I also upgraded to the latestest Fedora and misinterpreted
> > the
> > warning.
> >
> > Btw., I like it how in other cases you didn't try to work the warning
> > around in
> > objtool, but improved the C code itself. We can consider this warning as a
> > 'unnecessarily complex switch statement' warning.
>
> So the bug is that when there's more than one switch statement in a
> function, objtool interprets all the switch jump tables as a single
> table. If the targets of one jump table assume a stack frame and the
> targets of another one don't, you'll see frame pointer warnings like
> those above.
>
> It *is* interesting that both functions which triggered this bug --
> rtlwifi_rate_mapping() and cik_tiling_mode_table_init() -- are cases
> where the code is way too complex and can be simplified.
>
> But, unless we want to institute an "only one switch statement allowed
> per function" policy, I think I should still fix the bug.
Yeah, agreed!
Thanks,
Ingo
