Merging upstream version 6.7.12.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index e94756e09c..167603f839 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3620,6 +3620,18 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 				}
 
 				if (!save_insn->visited) {
+					/*
+					 * If the restore hint insn is at the
+					 * beginning of a basic block and was
+					 * branched to from elsewhere, and the
+					 * save insn hasn't been visited yet,
+					 * defer following this branch for now.
+					 * It will be seen later via the
+					 * straight-line path.
+					 */
+					if (!prev_insn)
+						return 0;
+
 					WARN_INSN(insn, "objtool isn't smart enough to handle this CFI save/restore combo");
 					return 1;
 				}