Hand-written asm often contains non-function symbols in executable
sections. _end symbols for finding the size of instruction blocks
for runtime processing is one such usage.
optprobe_template_end is one example that causes the warning:
objtool: optprobe_template_end(): can't find starting instruction
This is because the symbol happens to be at the end of the file (and
therefore end of a section in the object file).
So ignore end-of-section STT_NOTYPE symbols instead of bailing out
because an instruction can't be found. While we're here, add a more
descriptive warning for STT_FUNC symbols found at the end of a
section.
[ This also solves a PowerPC regression reported by Sathvika Vasireddy. ]
Reported-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221220101323.3119939-1-npiggin@gmail.com
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