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[PATCH v4 11/22] kbuild: Only run objtool if there is at least one command

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-08-08 23:18:50
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, lkml
Subsystem: kernel build + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere), the rest, x86 architecture (32-bit and 64-bit) · Maintainers: Nathan Chancellor, Nicolas Schier, Linus Torvalds, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen

Split the objtool args into commands and options, such that if no
commands have been enabled, objtool doesn't run.

This is in preparation for enabling objtool and klp-build for arm64.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile |  2 +-
 scripts/Makefile.build         |  4 +--
 scripts/Makefile.lib           | 52 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o     | 18 +++++-------
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
index 5e499cfb29b5c..a08297829fc63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $(patsubst %.o,$(obj)/%.o,$(lib-y)): OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
 # relocations, even if other objtool actions are being deferred.
 #
 $(pi-objs): objtool-enabled	= 1
-$(pi-objs): objtool-args	= $(if $(delay-objtool),--dry-run,$(objtool-args-y)) --noabs
+$(pi-objs): objtool-args	= $(if $(delay-objtool),--dry-run,$(objtool-cmds-y) $(objtool-opts-y)) --noabs
 
 #
 # Confine the startup code by prefixing all symbols with __pi_ (for position
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 9117457432463..d0865528edad5 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
 is-standard-object = $(if $(filter-out y%, $(OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_$(target-stem).o)$(OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD)n),$(is-kernel-object))
 
 ifdef CONFIG_OBJTOOL
-$(obj)/%.o: private objtool-enabled = $(if $(is-standard-object),$(if $(delay-objtool),$(is-single-obj-m),y))
+$(obj)/%.o: private objtool-enabled = $(and $(is-standard-object),$(objtool-cmds-y),$(if $(delay-objtool),$(is-single-obj-m),y))
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(findstring 1, $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)),)
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ define rule_ld_multi_m
 	$(call cmd,gen_objtooldep)
 endef
 
-$(multi-obj-m): private objtool-enabled := $(delay-objtool)
+$(multi-obj-m): private objtool-enabled := $(if $(objtool-cmds-y),$(delay-objtool))
 $(multi-obj-m): private part-of-module := y
 $(multi-obj-m): %.o: %.mod FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,ld_multi_m)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 0a4fdd8bd975d..272652875238c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -186,30 +186,34 @@ ifdef CONFIG_OBJTOOL
 
 objtool := $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool
 
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK)		+= --hacks=jump_label
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_NOINSTR_HACK)		+= --hacks=noinstr
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING)	+= --hacks=skylake
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT)			+= --ibt
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_CALL_PADDING)			+= --prefix=$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_PADDING_BYTES)
-ifdef CONFIG_CALL_PADDING
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_CFI)				+= --cfi
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_FINEIBT)				+= --fineibt
-endif
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL)	+= --mcount
-ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT)		+= --mnop
-endif
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC)			+= --orc
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE)		+= --retpoline
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK)		+= --rethunk
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS)			+= --sls
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION)			+= --stackval
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE)		+= --static-call
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION)		+= --uaccess
-objtool-args-$(or $(CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL),$(CONFIG_KCOV))	+= --no-unreachable
-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR)			+= --werror
+# objtool commands
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK)		+= --hacks=jump_label
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_HAVE_NOINSTR_HACK)		+= --hacks=noinstr
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING)	+= --hacks=skylake
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT)			+= --ibt
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_CALL_PADDING)			+= --prefix=$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_PADDING_BYTES)
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL)	+= --mcount
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC)			+= --orc
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE)		+= --retpoline
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK)		+= --rethunk
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS)			+= --sls
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION)			+= --stackval
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE)		+= --static-call
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION)		+= --uaccess
+objtool-cmds-y						+= $(OBJTOOL_ARGS)
 
-objtool-args = $(objtool-args-y)					\
+# objtool options
+ifdef CONFIG_CALL_PADDING
+objtool-opts-$(CONFIG_CFI)				+= --cfi
+objtool-opts-$(CONFIG_FINEIBT)				+= --fineibt
+endif
+ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
+objtool-opts-$(CONFIG_HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT)		+= --mnop
+endif
+objtool-opts-$(or $(CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL),$(CONFIG_KCOV))	+= --no-unreachable
+objtool-opts-$(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR)			+= --werror
+
+objtool-args = $(objtool-cmds-y) $(objtool-opts-y)			\
 	$(if $(delay-objtool), --link)					\
 	$(if $(part-of-module), --module)
 
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ delay-objtool := $(or $(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG),$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT),$(CONFIG_KLP_
 cmd_objtool = $(if $(objtool-enabled), ; $(objtool) $(objtool-args) $@)
 cmd_gen_objtooldep = $(if $(objtool-enabled), { echo ; echo '$@: $$(wildcard $(objtool))' ; } >> $(dot-target).cmd)
 
-objtool-enabled := y
+objtool-enabled = $(if $(objtool-cmds-y),y)
 
 endif # CONFIG_OBJTOOL
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
index 24a3a4fd271c2..729f82eb85b35 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o
@@ -36,21 +36,17 @@ endif
 # For !delay-objtool + CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION, it runs on both translation
 # units and vmlinux.o, with the latter only used for noinstr/unret validation.
 
-objtool-enabled := $(or $(delay-objtool),$(CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION))
-
-ifeq ($(delay-objtool),y)
-vmlinux-objtool-args-y					+= $(objtool-args-y)
-else
-vmlinux-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR)		+= --werror
+ifneq ($(delay-objtool),y)
+objtool-cmds-y					 =
+objtool-opts-y					 = --link
+objtool-opts-$(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR)		+= --werror
 endif
 
-vmlinux-objtool-args-$(CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION)	+= --noinstr \
-							   $(if $(or $(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY),$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO)), --unret)
+objtool-cmds-$(CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION)	+= --noinstr \
+						$(if $(or $(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY),$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO)), --unret)
 
 # Only used for builds initiated by klp-build
-vmlinux-objtool-args-$(if $(KLP_SYMIDS),y)		+= --klp-symids
-
-objtool-args = $(vmlinux-objtool-args-y) --link
+objtool-cmds-$(if $(KLP_SYMIDS),y)		+= --klp-symids
 
 # Link of vmlinux.o used for section mismatch analysis
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
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