Patch "objtool: Improve retpoline alternative handling" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

@@ -543,18 +543,14 @@ static int add_call_destinations(struct
 			dest_off = insn->offset + insn->len + insn->immediate;
 			insn->call_dest = find_symbol_by_offset(insn->sec,
 								dest_off);
-			/*
-			 * FIXME: Thanks to retpolines, it's now considered
-			 * normal for a function to call within itself.  So
-			 * disable this warning for now.
-			 */
-#if 0
-			if (!insn->call_dest) {
-				WARN_FUNC("can't find call dest symbol at offset 0x%lx",
-					  insn->sec, insn->offset, dest_off);
+
+			if (!insn->call_dest && !insn->ignore) {
+				WARN_FUNC("unsupported intra-function call",
+					  insn->sec, insn->offset);
+				WARN("If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE.");
 				return -1;
 			}
-#endif
+
 		} else if (rela->sym->type == STT_SECTION) {
 			insn->call_dest = find_symbol_by_offset(rela->sym->sec,
 								rela->addend+4);

@@ -648,6 +644,8 @@ static int handle_group_alt(struct objto
 
 		last_new_insn = insn;
 
+		insn->ignore = orig_insn->ignore_alts;
+
 		if (insn->type != INSN_JUMP_CONDITIONAL &&
 		    insn->type != INSN_JUMP_UNCONDITIONAL)
 			continue;

@@ -729,10 +727,6 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		/* Ignore retpoline alternatives. */
-		if (orig_insn->ignore_alts)
-			continue;
-
 		new_insn = NULL;
 		if (!special_alt->group || special_alt->new_len) {
 			new_insn = find_insn(file, special_alt->new_sec,

@@ -1089,11 +1083,11 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtoo
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = add_call_destinations(file);
+	ret = add_special_section_alts(file);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = add_special_section_alts(file);
+	ret = add_call_destinations(file);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 

@@ -1720,10 +1714,12 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtoo
 
 		insn->visited = true;
 
-		list_for_each_entry(alt, &insn->alts, list) {
-			ret = validate_branch(file, alt->insn, state);
-			if (ret)
-				return 1;
+		if (!insn->ignore_alts) {
+			list_for_each_entry(alt, &insn->alts, list) {
+				ret = validate_branch(file, alt->insn, state);
+				if (ret)
+					return 1;
+			}
 		}
 
 		switch (insn->type) {