Re: Remaining randconfig objtool warnings, linux-next-20200428

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Apr 30 2020 - 20:29:07 EST


On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 04:05:07PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> lib/locking-selftest.o: warning: objtool: locking_selftest()+0x117f: PUSHF stack exhausted
> lib/locking-selftest.o: warning: objtool: ww_tests()+0x1083: PUSHF stack exhausted

Peter,

These functions have a bunch of irqs_disabled() checks, which means a
bunch of PUSHFs with no POPFs.

Am I reading it correctly that objtool assumes PUSHF is always paired
with POPF? irqs_disabled() doesn't do that.

--
Josh