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diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 034b0a644efc..6325d64e3c3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -120,12 +120,65 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
/* Annotate a C jump table to allow objtool to follow the code flow */
#define __annotate_jump_table __section(.rodata..c_jump_table)
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY
+/* Begin/end of an instrumentation safe region */
+#define instrumentation_begin() ({ \
+ asm volatile("%c0:\n\t" \
+ ".pushsection .discard.instr_begin\n\t" \
+ ".long %c0b - .\n\t" \
+ ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (__COUNTER__)); \
+})
+
+/*
+ * Because instrumentation_{begin,end}() can nest, objtool validation considers
+ * _begin() a +1 and _end() a -1 and computes a sum over the instructions.
+ * When the value is greater than 0, we consider instrumentation allowed.
+ *
+ * There is a problem with code like:
+ *
+ * noinstr void foo()
+ * {
+ * instrumentation_begin();
+ * ...
+ * if (cond) {
+ * instrumentation_begin();
+ * ...
+ * instrumentation_end();
+ * }
+ * bar();
+ * instrumentation_end();
+ * }
+ *
+ * If instrumentation_end() would be an empty label, like all the other
+ * annotations, the inner _end(), which is at the end of a conditional block,
+ * would land on the instruction after the block.
+ *
+ * If we then consider the sum of the !cond path, we'll see that the call to
+ * bar() is with a 0-value, even though, we meant it to happen with a positive
+ * value.
+ *
+ * To avoid this, have _end() be a NOP instruction, this ensures it will be
+ * part of the condition block and does not escape.
+ */
+#define instrumentation_end() ({ \
+ asm volatile("%c0: nop\n\t" \
+ ".pushsection .discard.instr_end\n\t" \
+ ".long %c0b - .\n\t" \
+ ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (__COUNTER__)); \
+})
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY */
+
#else
#define annotate_reachable()
#define annotate_unreachable()
#define __annotate_jump_table
#endif
+#ifndef instrumentation_begin
+#define instrumentation_begin() do { } while(0)
+#define instrumentation_end() do { } while(0)
+#endif
+
#ifndef ASM_UNREACHABLE
# define ASM_UNREACHABLE
#endif
@@ -356,4 +409,10 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
/* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
#define __must_be_array(a) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
+/*
+ * This is needed in functions which generate the stack canary, see
+ * arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c::start_secondary() for an example.
+ */
+#define prevent_tail_call_optimization() mb()
+
#endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */