Josh Poimboeuf
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[ Upstream commit8085fcd78c] The CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX64 version of exc_double_fault() can return to its caller, but the !CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX64 version never does. In the latter case the compiler and/or objtool may consider it to be implicitly noreturn. However, due to the currently inflexible way objtool detects noreturns, a function's noreturn status needs to be consistent across configs. The current workaround for this issue is to suppress unreachable warnings for exc_double_fault()'s callers. Unfortunately that can result in ORC coverage gaps and potentially worse issues like inert static calls and silently disabled CPU mitigations. Instead, prevent exc_double_fault() from ever being implicitly marked noreturn by forcing a return behind a never-taken conditional. Until a more integrated noreturn detection method exists, this is likely the least objectionable workaround. Fixes:55eeab2a8a("objtool: Ignore exc_double_fault() __noreturn warnings") Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d1f4026f8dc35d0de6cc61f2684e0cb6484009d1.1741975349.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.