stacktool reports a false positive warning for the ljmp instruction in
machine_real_restart(). Normally, ljmp isn't allowed in a function, but
this is a special case where it's jumping into real mode.
Add the jumps to a whitelist which tells stacktool to ignore them.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 86db4bc..320219d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/tboot.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/stacktool.h>
#include <acpi/reboot.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
@@ -97,11 +98,13 @@ void __noreturn machine_real_restart(unsigned int type)
/* Jump to the identity-mapped low memory code */
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- asm volatile("jmpl *%0" : :
+ asm volatile(STACKTOOL_IGNORE_INSN
+ "jmpl *%0;" : :
"rm" (real_mode_header->machine_real_restart_asm),
"a" (type));
#else
- asm volatile("ljmpl *%0" : :
+ asm volatile(STACKTOOL_IGNORE_INSN
+ "ljmpl *%0" : :
"m" (real_mode_header->machine_real_restart_asm),
"D" (type));
#endif
--
2.4.3
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