Re: [PATCH 12/20] objtool: Set insn->func for alternatives

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Mar 08 2019 - 14:51:58 EST


On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 01:16:29PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 12:45:23PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Make sure we set the function association for alternative instruction
> > sequences; they are after all still part of the function.
>
> Can you also say _why_? I presume it's so the warning messages will be
> saner.

Right; because I'll introduce function attributes later on, so it
becomes important to know what function an instruction belongs to.

I'll update the Changelog.

> > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/objtool/check.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> > +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> > @@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ static int handle_group_alt(struct objto
> > last_new_insn = insn;
> >
> > insn->ignore = orig_insn->ignore_alts;
> > + insn->func = orig_insn->func;
> >
> > if (insn->type != INSN_JUMP_CONDITIONAL &&
> > insn->type != INSN_JUMP_UNCONDITIONAL)
> >
> >
>
> --
> Josh