Some code pathes, especially the low level entry code, must be protected against instrumentation for various reasons: - Low level entry code can be a fragile beast, especially on x86. - With NO_HZ_FULL RCU state needs to be established before using it. Having a dedicated section for such code allows to validate with tooling that no unsafe functions are invoked. Add the .noinstr.text section and the noinstr attribute to mark functions. noinstr implies notrace. Kprobes will gain a section check later. Provide also a set of markers: instrumentation_begin()/end() These are used to mark code inside a noinstr function which calls into regular instrumentable text section as safe. The instrumentation markers are only active when CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY is enabled as the end marker emits a NOP to prevent the compiler from merging the annotation points. This means the objtool verification requires a kernel compiled with this option.
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| @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf, · 947 unmodified lines | ||
| 948 | 948 | |
| 949 | 949 | #define DATA_SECTIONS ".data", ".data.rel" |
| 950 | 950 | #define TEXT_SECTIONS ".text", ".text.unlikely", ".sched.text", \ |
| 951 | − ".kprobes.text", ".cpuidle.text" | |
| 951 | + ".kprobes.text", ".cpuidle.text", ".noinstr.text" | |
| 952 | 952 | #define OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS ".ref.text", ".head.text", ".spinlock.text", \ |
| 953 | 953 | ".fixup", ".entry.text", ".exception.text", ".text.*", \ |
| 954 | 954 | ".coldtext" |