Re: [PATCH 3/3] objtool: Support GCC 8 switch tables

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 10:39:16PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Add some additional checks to the switch jump table logic.  This fixes
> the following warnings with GCC 8:
> 
>   drivers/block/virtio_blk.o: warning: objtool: virtio_queue_rq()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+8 cfa2=7+72
>   net/ipv6/icmp.o: warning: objtool: icmpv6_rcv()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+8 cfa2=7+64
>   drivers/usb/core/quirks.o: warning: objtool: quirks_param_set()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+8 cfa2=7+48
>   drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_hynix.o: warning: objtool: hynix_nand_decode_id()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+8 cfa2=7+24
>   drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_samsung.o: warning: objtool: samsung_nand_decode_id()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+8 cfa2=7+32
>   drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/top/gk104.o: warning: objtool: gk104_top_oneinit()+0x0: stack state mismatch: cfa1=7+8 cfa2=7+64

Could you maybe detail how the GCC8 switch tables are different? And
thus what needed fixing?