[PATCH] objtool: Support Clang RAX DRAP sequence

From: Josh Poimboeuf

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 20:48:10 EST


Recent Clang can use RAX as a temporary register for the DRAP stack
alignment sequence. Add support for that.

Fixes the following warning:

vmlinux.o: error: objtool: vmw_host_printf+0xd: unknown CFA base reg 0

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/cefefdd1-7b82-406d-8ff4-e4b167e45ee6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c | 8 ++++++++
tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h | 1 +
tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c | 3 +++
tools/objtool/arch/x86/orc.c | 5 +++++
5 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
index e0125afa53fb..b3cc7970fa54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#define ORC_REG_R13 7
#define ORC_REG_BP_INDIRECT 8
#define ORC_REG_SP_INDIRECT 9
+#define ORC_REG_AX 10
#define ORC_REG_MAX 15

#define ORC_TYPE_UNDEFINED 0
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
index f610fde2d5c4..32f7e918d3d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
@@ -578,6 +578,14 @@ bool unwind_next_frame(struct unwind_state *state)
}
break;

+ case ORC_REG_AX:
+ if (!get_reg(state, offsetof(struct pt_regs, ax), &sp)) {
+ orc_warn_current("missing AX value at %pB\n",
+ (void *)state->ip);
+ goto err;
+ }
+ break;
+
default:
orc_warn("unknown SP base reg %d at %pB\n",
orc->sp_reg, (void *)state->ip);
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
index e0125afa53fb..b3cc7970fa54 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#define ORC_REG_R13 7
#define ORC_REG_BP_INDIRECT 8
#define ORC_REG_SP_INDIRECT 9
+#define ORC_REG_AX 10
#define ORC_REG_MAX 15

#define ORC_TYPE_UNDEFINED 0
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
index c5817829cdfa..5931b2393bd8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
@@ -896,6 +896,9 @@ int arch_decode_hint_reg(u8 sp_reg, int *base)
case ORC_REG_DX:
*base = CFI_DX;
break;
+ case ORC_REG_AX:
+ *base = CFI_AX;
+ break;
default:
return -1;
}
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/orc.c b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/orc.c
index 735e150ca6b7..5494bb450ab5 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/orc.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/orc.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ int init_orc_entry(struct orc_entry *orc, struct cfi_state *cfi, struct instruct
case CFI_DX:
orc->sp_reg = ORC_REG_DX;
break;
+ case CFI_AX:
+ orc->sp_reg = ORC_REG_AX;
+ break;
default:
ERROR_INSN(insn, "unknown CFA base reg %d", cfi->cfa.base);
return -1;
@@ -138,6 +141,8 @@ static const char *reg_name(unsigned int reg)
return "bp(ind)";
case ORC_REG_SP_INDIRECT:
return "sp(ind)";
+ case ORC_REG_AX:
+ return "ax";
default:
return "?";
}
--
2.53.0