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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/check.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt index 8a671902a187..8e53fc6735ef 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt +++ b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt @@ -410,6 +410,14 @@ the objtool maintainers. can remove this warning by putting the ANNOTATE_INTRA_FUNCTION_CALL directive right before the call. +12. file.o: warning: func(): not an indirect call target + + This means that objtool is running with --ibt and a function expected + to be an indirect call target is not. In particular, this happens for + init_module() or cleanup_module() if a module relies on these special + names and does not use module_init() / module_exit() macros to create + them. + If the error doesn't seem to make sense, it could be a bug in objtool. Feel free to ask the objtool maintainer for help. diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c index cab1a162781c..7c40bd51c75a 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/check.c +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c @@ -847,8 +847,15 @@ static int create_ibt_endbr_seal_sections(struct objtool_file *file) list_for_each_entry(insn, &file->endbr_list, call_node) { int *site = (int *)sec->data->d_buf + idx; + struct symbol *sym = insn->sym; *site = 0; + if (opts.module && sym && sym->type == STT_FUNC && + insn->offset == sym->offset && + (!strcmp(sym->name, "init_module") || + !strcmp(sym->name, "cleanup_module"))) + WARN("%s(): not an indirect call target", sym->name); + if (elf_add_reloc_to_insn(file->elf, sec, idx * sizeof(int), R_X86_64_PC32, |