Linux build: handle CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR=y

Linux 5.16 by default fails the build on objtool warnings. We have
known and understood objtool warnings we can't fix without
involving Linux maintainers.

To work around this we introduce an objtool wrapper script which
removes the `--Werror` flag.

Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Attila Fülöp <attila@fueloep.org>
Closes #17456

Author: AttilaFueloep

config/kernel-objtool.m4

@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_OBJTOOL], [
 		#error "STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD is not defined."
 		#endif
 	])
+
+	dnl # 6.15 made CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR=y the default. We need to handle
+	dnl # this or our build will fail.
+	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([config_objtool_werror], [
+		#if !defined(CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR)
+		#error "CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR is not defined."
+		#endif
+	])
+
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_OBJTOOL], [
@@ -84,6 +93,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_OBJTOOL], [
 		],[
 			AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 		])
+
+		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR is defined])
+		ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([config_objtool_werror],[
+			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+			CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR_DEFINED=yes
+		],[
+			AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+		])
 	],[
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 	])

config/zfs-build.m4

@@ -205,6 +205,46 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS], [
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_invariants])
 ])
 
+dnl # Disabled by default. If enabled allows a configured "turn objtools
+dnl # warnings into errors" (CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR) behavior to take effect.
+dnl # If disabled, objtool warnings are never turned into errors. It can't
+dnl # be enabled if the kernel wasn't compiled with CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR=y.
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_OBJTOOL_WERROR], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether objtool error on warning behavior is enabled])
+	AC_ARG_ENABLE([objtool-werror],
+		[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-objtool-werror],
+		[Enable objtool's error on warning behaviour if present @<:@default=no@:>@])],
+		[enable_objtool_werror=$enableval],
+		[enable_objtool_werror=no])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_objtool_werror])
+
+	AS_IF([test x$CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR_DEFINED = xyes],[
+		AS_IF([test x$enable_objtool_werror = xyes],[
+			AC_MSG_NOTICE([enable-objtool-werror defined, keeping -Werror ])
+		],[
+			AC_MSG_NOTICE([enable-objtool-werror undefined, disabling -Werror ])
+			OBJTOOL_DISABLE_WERROR=y
+			abs_objtool_binary=$kernelsrc/tools/objtool/objtool
+			AS_IF([test -x $abs_objtool_binary],[],[
+				AC_MSG_ERROR([*** objtool binary $abs_objtool_binary not found])
+			])
+			dnl # The path to the wrapper is defined in modules/Makefile.in.
+		])
+	],[
+		dnl # We can't enable --Werror if it's not there.
+		AS_IF([test x$enable_objtool_werror = xyes],[
+			AC_MSG_ERROR([
+	*** Cannot enable objtool-werror,
+	*** a kernel built with CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR=y is required.
+			])
+		],[])
+	])
+
+	AC_SUBST(OBJTOOL_DISABLE_WERROR)
+	AC_SUBST(abs_objtool_binary)
+])
+
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_ALWAYS], [
 	AX_COUNT_CPUS([])
 	AC_SUBST(CPU_COUNT)

configure.ac

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ ZFS_AC_DEBUGINFO
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_KMEM_TRACKING
 ZFS_AC_DEBUG_INVARIANTS
+ZFS_AC_OBJTOOL_WERROR
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	contrib/debian/rules
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	zfs.release
 ])
 
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([scripts/objtool-wrapper], [chmod +x scripts/objtool-wrapper])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 

module/Makefile.in

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ modules-Linux:
 		$(if @KERNEL_LD@,LD=@KERNEL_LD@) $(if @KERNEL_LLVM@,LLVM=@KERNEL_LLVM@) \
 		$(if @KERNEL_CROSS_COMPILE@,CROSS_COMPILE=@KERNEL_CROSS_COMPILE@) \
 		$(if @KERNEL_ARCH@,ARCH=@KERNEL_ARCH@) \
+		$(if @OBJTOOL_DISABLE_WERROR@,objtool=@top_builddir@/scripts/objtool-wrapper) \
 		M="$$PWD" @KERNEL_MAKE@ CONFIG_ZFS=m modules
 
 modules-FreeBSD:

scripts/.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 common.sh
+objtool-wrapper

scripts/objtool-wrapper.in

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Attila Fülöp <attila@fueloep.org>
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+# IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+# Filter out objtools '--Werror' flag.
+
+objtool="@abs_objtool_binary@"
+args=$(echo "$*" | sed s/--Werror//)
+
+if [ -z "$objtool" ]; then
+	echo "$(basename "$0"): No objtool binary configured" 1>&2
+	exit 1;
+fi
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+exec "$objtool" $args

scripts/spdxcheck.pl

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 	etc/init.d/zfs-share.in
 	etc/init.d/zfs-zed.in
 	etc/zfs/zfs-functions.in
+	scripts/objtool-wrapper.in
 
 	# Misc items that have clear licensing info but aren't easily matched,
 	# or are the first of a class that we aren't ready to match yet.