objtool_args = $(if $(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC),orc generate,check)
+objtool_args += $(if $(part-of-module), --module,)
+
ifndef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
objtool_args += --no-fp
endif
#include "builtin.h"
#include "check.h"
-bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline;
+bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module;
static const char * const check_usage[] = {
"objtool check [<options>] file.o",
OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "no-fp", &no_fp, "Skip frame pointer validation"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "no-unreachable", &no_unreachable, "Skip 'unreachable instruction' warnings"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('r', "retpoline", &retpoline, "Validate retpoline assumptions"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "module", &module, "Indicates the object will be part of a kernel module"),
OPT_END(),
};
#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
extern const struct option check_options[];
-extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline;
+extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module;
extern int cmd_check(int argc, const char **argv);
extern int cmd_orc(int argc, const char **argv);
if (insn->retpoline_safe)
continue;
+ /*
+ * .init.text code is ran before userspace and thus doesn't
+ * strictly need retpolines, except for modules which are
+ * loaded late, they very much do need retpoline in their
+ * .init.text
+ */
+ if (!strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".init.text") && !module)
+ continue;
+
WARN_FUNC("indirect %s found in RETPOLINE build",
insn->sec, insn->offset,
insn->type == INSN_JUMP_DYNAMIC ? "jump" : "call");