[PATCH v3 27/28] objtool: Warn about missing/stale ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() usage

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ the objtool maintainers.
 
    a) funcA()'s last instruction is a call to a "noreturn" function like
       panic(), and objtool doesn't know that function never returns.  See
-      warning 3 above.
+      warnings 3 and 13.
 
    b) funcA() uses the unreachable() annotation in a section of code
       that is actually reachable.

@@ -455,6 +455,26 @@ the objtool maintainers.
     macros to create them.
 
 
+13. file.o: warning: objtool: func() is exported and noreturn, its declaration needs __noreturn and ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN()
+
+    func() is exported and never returns, but is defined in a module, so
+    its noreturn status needs to be manually annotated.  Put an
+    ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() next to its declaration.
+
+    Mark the declaration __noreturn while you're there, if it isn't
+    already.  The two go together: __noreturn stops the compiler from
+    emitting code after the call, and the annotation tells objtool the
+    call doesn't return.
+
+
+14. file.o: warning: objtool: func() has ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() but returns
+
+    func() is annotated as never returning, but it does.  Usually this
+    means the annotation outlived the fact: the function grew a return path
+    and the ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() next to its declaration was left
+    behind.  Remove it, along with the __noreturn.
+
+
 If the error doesn't seem to make sense, it could be a bug in objtool.
 Feel free to ask objtool maintainers for help.
 

@@ -224,6 +224,22 @@ static bool might_return(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static bool is_noreturn_candidate(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
+{
+	struct instruction *insn;
+
+	if (!is_func_sym(func) || is_undef_sym(func) ||
+	    is_prefix_func(func) || func->embedded_insn ||
+	    func != func->alias->pfunc)
+		return false;
+
+	insn = find_insn(file, func->sec, func->offset);
+	if (!insn || insn_func(insn) != func)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void detect_noreturns(struct objtool_file *file)
 {
 	struct symbol *func, *dest;

@@ -232,15 +248,7 @@ static void detect_noreturns(struct objtool_file *file)
 
 	/* Mark all functions guilty until proven innocent */
 	for_each_sym(file->elf, func) {
-
-		/* Aliases and cold subfunctions inherit the parent's verdict */
-		if (!is_func_sym(func) || is_undef_sym(func) ||
-		    is_prefix_func(func) || func->embedded_insn ||
-		    func != func->alias->pfunc)
-			continue;
-
-		insn = find_insn(file, func->sec, func->offset);
-		if (!insn || insn_func(insn) != func)
+		if (!is_noreturn_candidate(file, func))
 			continue;
 
 		func->_noreturn = 1;

@@ -410,9 +418,38 @@ static void read_annotate_noreturn(struct objtool_file *file)
 
 		if (is_undef_sym(func))
 			func->_noreturn = 1;
+
+		func->annotate_noreturn = 1;
 	}
 }
 
+static int validate_noreturns(struct objtool_file *file)
+{
+	struct symbol *func;
+	int warnings = 0;
+
+	for_each_sym(file->elf, func) {
+		if (!is_noreturn_candidate(file, func))
+			continue;
+
+		if (opts.module && is_noreturn(func) && func->exported &&
+		    !func->annotate_noreturn) {
+			WARN("%s() is exported and noreturn, its declaration needs __noreturn and ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN()",
+			     func->name);
+			warnings++;
+		}
+
+		if (func->annotate_noreturn && !func->ignore_noreturn &&
+		    !is_noreturn(func)) {
+			WARN("%s() has ANNOTATE_EXPORTED_NORETURN() but returns",
+			     func->name);
+			warnings++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return warnings;
+}
+
 static void init_cfi_state(struct cfi_state *cfi)
 {
 	int i;

@@ -4999,8 +5036,10 @@ int check(struct objtool_file *file)
 
 		w += validate_functions(file);
 		w += validate_unwind_hints(file, NULL);
-		if (!w)
+		if (!w) {
 			w += validate_reachable_instructions(file);
+			w += validate_noreturns(file);
+		}
 
 		warnings += w;
 

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	u8 fake		     : 1;
 	u8 _noreturn         : 1;
 	u8 ignore_noreturn   : 1;
+	u8 annotate_noreturn : 1;
 	u8 exported          : 1;
 	struct list_head pv_target;
 	struct reloc *relocs;