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Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for data

From Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for data
Date 2017-03-22 08:50 +0100
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On 03/22/2017, 08:25 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>>
>>> -ENTRY(saved_rbp)	.quad	0
>>> -ENTRY(saved_rsi)	.quad	0
>>> -ENTRY(saved_rdi)	.quad	0
>>> -ENTRY(saved_rbx)	.quad	0
>>> +SYM_DATA_START(saved_rbp)		.quad	0
>>> +SYM_DATA_START(saved_rsi)		.quad	0
>>> +SYM_DATA_START(saved_rdi)		.quad	0
>>> +SYM_DATA_START(saved_rbx)		.quad	0
>>
>> Does it make sense to call it SYM_DATA_*START* when there's no
>> corresponding end?
> 
> That looks like a bug - I think we should strive for them to always be in pairs.
> 
> Jiri, Josh, could objtool help here perhaps, to detect 'non-terminated' 
> SYM_*_START() uses? This could be done by emitting debug data into a special 
> section and then analyzing that section for unpaired entries. The section can be 
> discarded in the final link, it won't show up in the kernel image.

It should be easier than that. No introduction of other info needed --
every global symbol without a ".type" or ".size" (i.e. SYM_*_END) should
be a bug now.

> We don't ever nest symbols, right?

AFAI could see so far, correct.

>> Plus... it looks like saved_rsi (and friends) are only used inside
>> wakeup_64.S. Could we just delete the "ENTRY" annotations?
> 
> That appears to make sense as well.

+1, will fix this.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs

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Re: [RFC] linkage: new macros for functions and data Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-03-16 09:10 +0100
  Re: [RFC] linkage: new macros for functions and data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-16 09:20 +0100
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    [PATCH v2 04/10] x86: boot, annotate functions properly Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 09/10] x86: entry, annotate interrupt symbols properly Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 03/10] x86: assembly, use SYM_FUNC_END for functions Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] x86: assembly, use SYM_FUNC_END for functions Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-21 15:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] x86: assembly, use SYM_FUNC_END for functions Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-03-22 08:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] x86: assembly, use SYM_FUNC_END for functions Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-22 15:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] x86: assembly, use SYM_FUNC_END for functions Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-22 17:00 +0100
    [PATCH v2 05/10] x86: kernel+lib, annotate local functions Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 08/10] x86: entry, annotate THUNKs Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 06/10] x86: crypto, annotate local functions Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-20 14:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for  data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 16:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-20 17:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-03-21 15:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-03-22 08:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for  data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-22 08:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-03-22 08:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-22 15:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for  data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-22 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-22 16:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-03-23 08:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2017-03-23 14:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START for  data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-22 13:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] x86: assembly, FUNC_START for fn, DATA_START  for data Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-03-22 17:00 +0100
    [RFC v2 10/10] x86: boot, extract efi_pe_entry from startup_64 Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 01/10] linkage: new macros for assembler symbols Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2017-03-20 13:40 +0100

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