objtool,x86: Teach decode about LOOP* instructions

Peter Zijlstra · Peter Zijlstra · commit 7a7621dfa417 · 2022-09-15T16:13:55.000+02:00
When 'discussing' control flow Masami mentioned the LOOP* instructions and I realized objtool doesn't decode them properly. As it turns out, these instructions are somewhat inefficient and as such unlikely to be emitted by the compiler (a few vmlinux.o checks can't find a single one) so this isn't critical, but still, best to decode them properly. Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Yxhd4EMKyoFoH9y4@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
@@ -635,6 +635,12 @@ int arch_decode_instruction(struct objtool_file *file, const struct section *sec
 		*type = INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH;
 		break;
 
+	case 0xe0: /* loopne */
+	case 0xe1: /* loope */
+	case 0xe2: /* loop */
+		*type = INSN_JUMP_CONDITIONAL;
+		break;
+
 	case 0xe8:
 		*type = INSN_CALL;
 		/*
