[PATCH 1/2] objtool: fix the check for dead_end function with multiple sibliing calls

From: xur
Date: Mon Nov 03 2025 - 13:52:34 EST


From: Rong Xu <xur@xxxxxxxxxx>

If a function has multiple sibling calls, the dead_end check should
only return true if all sibling call targets are also dead_end
functions.

Signed-off-by: Rong Xu <xur@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Han Shen <shenhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Pszeniczny <kpszeniczny@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 9004fbc067693..c2ee3c3a84a62 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -314,7 +314,13 @@ static bool __dead_end_function(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
return false;
}

- return __dead_end_function(file, insn_func(dest), recursion+1);
+ /*
+ * A function can have multiple sibling calls. All of
+ * them need to be dead ends for the function to be a
+ * dead end too.
+ */
+ if (!__dead_end_function(file, insn_func(dest), recursion+1))
+ return false;
}
}


base-commit: 6146a0f1dfae5d37442a9ddcba012add260bceb0
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2.51.2.997.g839fc31de9-goog