Re: [PATCH v2 03/24] objtool: Handle __sanitize_cov*() tail calls

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:41:02 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +static void add_call_dest(struct objtool_file *file, struct instruction *insn,
> +			  struct symbol *dest, bool sibling)
> +{
> +	struct reloc *reloc = insn_reloc(file, insn);
> +
> +	insn->call_dest = dest;
> +	if (!dest)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (insn->call_dest->static_call_tramp) {
> +		list_add_tail(&insn->call_node,
> +			      &file->static_call_list);
> +	}
> +
> +	if (insn->sec->noinstr &&
> +	    !strncmp(insn->call_dest->name, "__sanitizer_cov_", 16)) {
> +		if (reloc) {
> +			reloc->type = R_NONE;
> +			elf_write_reloc(file->elf, reloc);
> +		}
> +
> +		elf_write_insn(file->elf, insn->sec,
> +			       insn->offset, insn->len,
> +			       sibling ? arch_ret_insn(insn->len)
> +			               : arch_nop_insn(insn->len));
> +
> +		insn->type = sibling ? INSN_RETURN : INSN_NOP;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (mcount && !strcmp(insn->call_dest->name, "__fentry__")) {
> +		if (sibling)
> +			WARN_FUNC("Tail call to __fentry__ !?!?", insn->sec, insn->offset);

Have you ever triggered the above?

-- Steve

> +
> +		if (reloc) {
> +			reloc->type = R_NONE;
> +			elf_write_reloc(file->elf, reloc);
> +		}
> +