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The BUG() macro's use of __builtin_unreachable() via the unreachable() macro tells gcc that the instruction is a dead end, and that it's safe to assume the current code path will not execute past the previous instruction. On x86, the BUG() macro is implemented with the 'ud2' instruction. When objtool's branch analysis sees that instruction, it knows the current code path has come to a dead end. Peter Zijlstra has been working on a patch to change the WARN macros to use 'ud2'. That patch will break objtool's assumption that 'ud2' is always a dead end. Generally it's best for objtool to avoid making those kinds of assumptions anyway. The more ignorant it is of kernel code internals, the better. So create a more generic way for objtool to detect dead ends by adding an annotation to the unreachable() macro. The annotation stores a pointer to the end of the unreachable code path in an '__unreachable' section. Objtool can read that section to find the dead ends. Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/41a6d33971462ebd944a1c60ad4bf5be86c17b77.1487712920.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> |
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Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.