Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix objtool failure with KMSAN enabled

From: Ilya Leoshkevich

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 14:06:23 EST




On 7/1/26 14:51, Dmitry Voytik wrote:
This patch fixes broken builds with defconfig + CONFIG_KMSAN +
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_*.

To reproduce the issue before the fix:
make mrproper
make LLVM=1 defconfig
./scripts/config -e CONFIG_KMSAN \
-e CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT
make LLVM=1 olddefconfig
make LLVM=1 -j(nproc) vmlinux
...
LD vmlinux.o
vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: folio_zero_user+0x801: undefined stack state
vmlinux.o: error: objtool: folio_zero_user+0x801: unknown CFA base reg -1
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o:76: vmlinux.o] Error 255

objtool in verbose mode shows how the frame pointer is omitted:
make LLVM=1 OBJTOOL_VERBOSE=1 -j(nproc) vmlinux
...
b15a2c: folio_zero_user+0x7fc xor %eax,%eax
b15a2e: folio_zero_user+0x7fe mov %rcx,%rsp
b15a31: folio_zero_user+0x801 mov %r14,%rdi
b15a34: folio_zero_user+0x804 mov %rbx,%rcx
b15a37: folio_zero_user+0x807 call 0xb15a3c <__clear_pages_unrol

After the fix, the frame pointer is back:
b15a37: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
b15a39: 48 89 ec mov %rbp,%rsp
b15a3c: 4c 89 f7 mov %r14,%rdi
b15a3f: 48 89 d9 mov %rbx,%rcx
b15a42: e8 00 00 00 00 call b15a47 <folio_zero_user+0x817>

It seems the issue was introduced by
commit 54a6b89a3db2 ("x86/mm: simplify clear_page_*")

The actual fix is to revert the change how ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT is
positioned.
Additionally, reintroduce asm_inline to prevent potential compiler
rejection of inlining.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/CAAX90H2_RPnZL_dFYN7cQF6yt-wAweKKSx2=6e2aZ0kv+Pm+NQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Voytik <voytikd@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

FWIW I just bumped into this build issue; this patch helped and the
resulting kernel booted.

Config: https://pastebin.com/B6GedVDL


Tested-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>