Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
  ...

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diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt
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+Objtool
+=======
+
+The kernel CONFIG_OBJTOOL option enables a host tool named 'objtool'
+which runs at compile time.  It can do various validations and
+transformations on .o files.
+
+Objtool has become an integral part of the x86-64 kernel toolchain.  The
+kernel depends on it for a variety of security and performance features
+(and other types of features as well).
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Objtool has the following features:
+
+- Stack unwinding metadata validation -- useful for helping to ensure
+  stack traces are reliable for live patching
+
+- ORC unwinder metadata generation -- a faster and more precise
+  alternative to frame pointer based unwinding
+
+- Retpoline validation -- ensures that all indirect calls go through
+  retpoline thunks, for Spectre v2 mitigations
+
+- Retpoline call site annotation -- annotates all retpoline thunk call
+  sites, enabling the kernel to patch them inline, to prevent "thunk
+  funneling" for both security and performance reasons
+
+- Non-instrumentation validation -- validates non-instrumentable
+  ("noinstr") code rules, preventing instrumentation in low-level C
+  entry code
+
+- Static call annotation -- annotates static call sites, enabling the
+  kernel to implement inline static calls, a faster alternative to some
+  indirect branches
+
+- Uaccess validation -- validates uaccess rules for a proper
+  implementation of Supervisor Mode Access Protection (SMAP)
+
+- Straight Line Speculation validation -- validates certain SLS
+  mitigations
+
+- Indirect Branch Tracking validation -- validates Intel CET IBT rules
+  to ensure that all functions referenced by function pointers have
+  corresponding ENDBR instructions
+
+- Indirect Branch Tracking annotation -- annotates unused ENDBR
+  instruction sites, enabling the kernel to "seal" them (replace them
+  with NOPs) to further harden IBT
+
+- Function entry annotation -- annotates function entries, enabling
+  kernel function tracing
+
+- Other toolchain hacks which will go unmentioned at this time...
+
+Each feature can be enabled individually or in combination using the
+objtool cmdline.
+
+
+Objects
+-------
+
+Typically, objtool runs on every translation unit (TU, aka ".o file") in
+the kernel.  If a TU is part of a kernel module, the '--module' option
+is added.
+
+However:
+
+- If noinstr validation is enabled, it also runs on vmlinux.o, with all
+  options removed and '--noinstr' added.
+
+- If IBT or LTO is enabled, it doesn't run on TUs at all.  Instead it
+  runs on vmlinux.o and linked modules, with all options.
+
+In summary:
+
+  A) Legacy mode:
+             TU: objtool [--module] <options>
+        vmlinux: N/A
+         module: N/A
+
+  B) CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION=y && !(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT=y || CONFIG_LTO=y):
+             TU: objtool [--module] <options>	// no --noinstr
+        vmlinux: objtool --noinstr		// other options removed
+         module: N/A
+
+  C) CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT=y || CONFIG_LTO=y:
+             TU: N/A
+        vmlinux: objtool --noinstr <options>
+         module: objtool --module --noinstr <options>
+
+
+Stack validation
+----------------
+
+Objtool's stack validation feature analyzes every .o file and ensures
+the validity of its stack metadata.  It enforces a set of rules on asm
+code and C inline assembly code so that stack traces can be reliable.
+
+For each function, it recursively follows all possible code paths and
+validates the correct frame pointer state at each instruction.
+
+It also follows code paths involving special sections, like
+.altinstructions, __jump_table, and __ex_table, which can add
+alternative execution paths to a given instruction (or set of
+instructions).  Similarly, it knows how to follow switch statements, for
+which gcc sometimes uses jump tables.
+
+Here are some of the benefits of validating stack metadata:
+
+a) More reliable stack traces for frame pointer enabled kernels
+
+   Frame pointers are used for debugging purposes.  They allow runtime
+   code and debug tools to be able to walk the stack to determine the
+   chain of function call sites that led to the currently executing
+   code.
+
+   For some architectures, frame pointers are enabled by
+   CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER.  For some other architectures they may be
+   required by the ABI (sometimes referred to as "backchain pointers").
+
+   For C code, gcc automatically generates instructions for setting up
+   frame pointers when the -fno-omit-frame-pointer option is used.
+
+   But for asm code, the frame setup instructions have to be written by
+   hand, which most people don't do.  So the end result is that
+   CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is honored for C code but not for most asm code.
+
+   For stack traces based on frame pointers to be reliable, all
+   functions which call other functions must first create a stack frame
+   and update the frame pointer.  If a first function doesn't properly
+   create a stack frame before calling a second function, the *caller*
+   of the first function will be skipped on the stack trace.
+
+   For example, consider the following example backtrace with frame
+   pointers enabled:
+
+     [<ffffffff81812584>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x63
+     [<ffffffff812d6dc2>] cmdline_proc_show+0x12/0x30
+     [<ffffffff8127f568>] seq_read+0x108/0x3e0
+     [<ffffffff812cce62>] proc_reg_read+0x42/0x70
+     [<ffffffff81256197>] __vfs_read+0x37/0x100
+     [<ffffffff81256b16>] vfs_read+0x86/0x130
+     [<ffffffff81257898>] SyS_read+0x58/0xd0
+     [<ffffffff8181c1f2>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
+
+   It correctly shows that the caller of cmdline_proc_show() is
+   seq_read().
+
+   If we remove the frame pointer logic from cmdline_proc_show() by
+   replacing the frame pointer related instructions with nops, here's
+   what it looks like instead:
+
+     [<ffffffff81812584>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x63
+     [<ffffffff812d6dc2>] cmdline_proc_show+0x12/0x30
+     [<ffffffff812cce62>] proc_reg_read+0x42/0x70
+     [<ffffffff81256197>] __vfs_read+0x37/0x100
+     [<ffffffff81256b16>] vfs_read+0x86/0x130
+     [<ffffffff81257898>] SyS_read+0x58/0xd0
+     [<ffffffff8181c1f2>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x76
+
+   Notice that cmdline_proc_show()'s caller, seq_read(), has been
+   skipped.  Instead the stack trace seems to show that
+   cmdline_proc_show() was called by proc_reg_read().
+
+   The benefit of objtool here is that because it ensures that *all*
+   functions honor CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER, no functions will ever[*] be
+   skipped on a stack trace.
+
+   [*] unless an interrupt or exception has occurred at the very
+       beginning of a function before the stack frame has been created,
+       or at the very end of the function after the stack frame has been
+       destroyed.  This is an inherent limitation of frame pointers.
+
+b) ORC (Oops Rewind Capability) unwind table generation
+
+   An alternative to frame pointers and DWARF, ORC unwind data can be
+   used to walk the stack.  Unlike frame pointers, ORC data is out of
+   band.  So it doesn't affect runtime performance and it can be
+   reliable even when interrupts or exceptions are involved.
+
+   For more details, see Documentation/x86/orc-unwinder.rst.
+
+c) Higher live patching compatibility rate
+
+   Livepatch has an optional "consistency model", which is needed for
+   more complex patches.  In order for the consistency model to work,
+   stack traces need to be reliable (or an unreliable condition needs to
+   be detectable).  Objtool makes that possible.
+
+   For more details, see the livepatch documentation in the Linux kernel
+   source tree at Documentation/livepatch/livepatch.rst.
+
+To achieve the validation, objtool enforces the following rules:
+
+1. Each callable function must be annotated as such with the ELF
+   function type.  In asm code, this is typically done using the
+   ENTRY/ENDPROC macros.  If objtool finds a return instruction
+   outside of a function, it flags an error since that usually indicates
+   callable code which should be annotated accordingly.
+
+   This rule is needed so that objtool can properly identify each
+   callable function in order to analyze its stack metadata.
+
+2. Conversely, each section of code which is *not* callable should *not*
+   be annotated as an ELF function.  The ENDPROC macro shouldn't be used
+   in this case.
+
+   This rule is needed so that objtool can ignore non-callable code.
+   Such code doesn't have to follow any of the other rules.
+
+3. Each callable function which calls another function must have the
+   correct frame pointer logic, if required by CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER or
+   the architecture's back chain rules.  This can by done in asm code
+   with the FRAME_BEGIN/FRAME_END macros.
+
+   This rule ensures that frame pointer based stack traces will work as
+   designed.  If function A doesn't create a stack frame before calling
+   function B, the _caller_ of function A will be skipped on the stack
+   trace.
+
+4. Dynamic jumps and jumps to undefined symbols are only allowed if:
+
+   a) the jump is part of a switch statement; or
+
+   b) the jump matches sibling call semantics and the frame pointer has
+      the same value it had on function entry.
+
+   This rule is needed so that objtool can reliably analyze all of a
+   function's code paths.  If a function jumps to code in another file,
+   and it's not a sibling call, objtool has no way to follow the jump
+   because it only analyzes a single file at a time.
+
+5. A callable function may not execute kernel entry/exit instructions.
+   The only code which needs such instructions is kernel entry code,
+   which shouldn't be be in callable functions anyway.
+
+   This rule is just a sanity check to ensure that callable functions
+   return normally.
+
+
+Objtool warnings
+----------------
+
+For asm files, if you're getting an error which doesn't make sense,
+first make sure that the affected code follows the above rules.
+
+For C files, the common culprits are inline asm statements and calls to
+"noreturn" functions.  See below for more details.
+
+Another possible cause for errors in C code is if the Makefile removes
+-fno-omit-frame-pointer or adds -fomit-frame-pointer to the gcc options.
+
+Here are some examples of common warnings reported by objtool, what
+they mean, and suggestions for how to fix them.  When in doubt, ping
+the objtool maintainers.
+
+
+1. file.o: warning: objtool: func()+0x128: call without frame pointer save/setup
+
+   The func() function made a function call without first saving and/or
+   updating the frame pointer, and CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is enabled.
+
+   If the error is for an asm file, and func() is indeed a callable
+   function, add proper frame pointer logic using the FRAME_BEGIN and
+   FRAME_END macros.  Otherwise, if it's not a callable function, remove
+   its ELF function annotation by changing ENDPROC to END, and instead
+   use the manual unwind hint macros in asm/unwind_hints.h.
+
+   If it's a GCC-compiled .c file, the error may be because the function
+   uses an inline asm() statement which has a "call" instruction.  An
+   asm() statement with a call instruction must declare the use of the
+   stack pointer in its output operand.  On x86_64, this means adding
+   the ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT as an output constraint:
+
+     asm volatile("call func" : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT);
+
+   Otherwise the stack frame may not get created before the call.
+
+
+2. file.o: warning: objtool: .text+0x53: unreachable instruction
+
+   Objtool couldn't find a code path to reach the instruction.
+
+   If the error is for an asm file, and the instruction is inside (or
+   reachable from) a callable function, the function should be annotated
+   with the ENTRY/ENDPROC macros (ENDPROC is the important one).
+   Otherwise, the code should probably be annotated with the unwind hint
+   macros in asm/unwind_hints.h so objtool and the unwinder can know the
+   stack state associated with the code.
+
+   If you're 100% sure the code won't affect stack traces, or if you're
+   a just a bad person, you can tell objtool to ignore it.  See the
+   "Adding exceptions" section below.
+
+   If it's not actually in a callable function (e.g. kernel entry code),
+   change ENDPROC to END.
+
+
+4. file.o: warning: objtool: func(): can't find starting instruction
+   or
+   file.o: warning: objtool: func()+0x11dd: can't decode instruction
+
+   Does the file have data in a text section?  If so, that can confuse
+   objtool's instruction decoder.  Move the data to a more appropriate
+   section like .data or .rodata.
+
+
+5. file.o: warning: objtool: func()+0x6: unsupported instruction in callable function
+
+   This is a kernel entry/exit instruction like sysenter or iret.  Such
+   instructions aren't allowed in a callable function, and are most
+   likely part of the kernel entry code.  They should usually not have
+   the callable function annotation (ENDPROC) and should always be
+   annotated with the unwind hint macros in asm/unwind_hints.h.
+
+
+6. file.o: warning: objtool: func()+0x26: sibling call from callable instruction with modified stack frame
+
+   This is a dynamic jump or a jump to an undefined symbol.  Objtool
+   assumed it's a sibling call and detected that the frame pointer
+   wasn't first restored to its original state.
+
+   If it's not really a sibling call, you may need to move the
+   destination code to the local file.
+
+   If the instruction is not actually in a callable function (e.g.
+   kernel entry code), change ENDPROC to END and annotate manually with
+   the unwind hint macros in asm/unwind_hints.h.
+
+
+7. file: warning: objtool: func()+0x5c: stack state mismatch
+
+   The instruction's frame pointer state is inconsistent, depending on
+   which execution path was taken to reach the instruction.
+
+   Make sure that, when CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is enabled, the function
+   pushes and sets up the frame pointer (for x86_64, this means rbp) at
+   the beginning of the function and pops it at the end of the function.
+   Also make sure that no other code in the function touches the frame
+   pointer.
+
+   Another possibility is that the code has some asm or inline asm which
+   does some unusual things to the stack or the frame pointer.  In such
+   cases it's probably appropriate to use the unwind hint macros in
+   asm/unwind_hints.h.
+
+
+8. file.o: warning: objtool: funcA() falls through to next function funcB()
+
+   This means that funcA() doesn't end with a return instruction or an
+   unconditional jump, and that objtool has determined that the function
+   can fall through into the next function.  There could be different
+   reasons for this:
+
+   1) funcA()'s last instruction is a call to a "noreturn" function like
+      panic().  In this case the noreturn function needs to be added to
+      objtool's hard-coded global_noreturns array.  Feel free to bug the
+      objtool maintainer, or you can submit a patch.
+
+   2) funcA() uses the unreachable() annotation in a section of code
+      that is actually reachable.
+
+   3) If funcA() calls an inline function, the object code for funcA()
+      might be corrupt due to a gcc bug.  For more details, see:
+      https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70646
+
+9. file.o: warning: objtool: funcA() call to funcB() with UACCESS enabled
+
+   This means that an unexpected call to a non-whitelisted function exists
+   outside of arch-specific guards.
+   X86: SMAP (stac/clac): __uaccess_begin()/__uaccess_end()
+   ARM: PAN: uaccess_enable()/uaccess_disable()
+
+   These functions should be called to denote a minimal critical section around
+   access to __user variables. See also: https://lwn.net/Articles/517475/
+
+   The intention of the warning is to prevent calls to funcB() from eventually
+   calling schedule(), potentially leaking the AC flags state, and not
+   restoring them correctly.
+
+   It also helps verify that there are no unexpected calls to funcB() which may
+   access user space pages with protections against doing so disabled.
+
+   To fix, either:
+   1) remove explicit calls to funcB() from funcA().
+   2) add the correct guards before and after calls to low level functions like
+      __get_user_size()/__put_user_size().
+   3) add funcB to uaccess_safe_builtin whitelist in tools/objtool/check.c, if
+      funcB obviously does not call schedule(), and is marked notrace (since
+      function tracing inserts additional calls, which is not obvious from the
+      sources).
+
+10. file.o: warning: func()+0x5c: stack layout conflict in alternatives
+
+    This means that in the use of the alternative() or ALTERNATIVE()
+    macro, the code paths have conflicting modifications to the stack.
+    The problem is that there is only one ORC unwind table, which means
+    that the ORC unwind entries must be consistent for all possible
+    instruction boundaries regardless of which code has been patched.
+    This limitation can be overcome by massaging the alternatives with
+    NOPs to shift the stack changes around so they no longer conflict.
+
+11. file.o: warning: unannotated intra-function call
+
+   This warning means that a direct call is done to a destination which
+   is not at the beginning of a function. If this is a legit call, you
+   can remove this warning by putting the ANNOTATE_INTRA_FUNCTION_CALL
+   directive right before the call.
+
+
+If the error doesn't seem to make sense, it could be a bug in objtool.
+Feel free to ask the objtool maintainer for help.
+
+
+Adding exceptions
+-----------------
+
+If you _really_ need objtool to ignore something, and are 100% sure
+that it won't affect kernel stack traces, you can tell objtool to
+ignore it:
+
+- To skip validation of a function, use the STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD
+  macro.
+
+- To skip validation of a file, add
+
+    OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_filename.o := y
+
+  to the Makefile.
+
+- To skip validation of a directory, add
+
+    OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
+
+  to the Makefile.
+
+NOTE: OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD doesn't work for link time validation of
+vmlinux.o or a linked module.  So it should only be used for files which
+aren't linked into vmlinux or a module.