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: 55eeab2a8a11 ("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
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