objtool: Split INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH into INSN_SYSCALL and INSN_SYSRET
INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH is ambiguous. It can represent both call semantics (SYSCALL, SYSENTER) and return semantics (SYSRET, IRET, RETS, RETU). Those differ significantly: calls preserve control flow whereas returns terminate it. Objtool uses an arbitrary rule for INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH that almost works by accident: if in a function, keep going; otherwise stop. It should instead be based on the semantics of the underlying instruction. In preparation for improving that, split INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH into INSN_SYCALL and INSN_SYSRET. No functional change. Signed-off-by:Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/19a76c74d2c051d3bc9a775823cafc65ad267a7a.1744095216.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
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