Re: [tip: objtool/core] objtool: Make handle_insn_ops() unconditional

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu May 07 2020 - 08:39:01 EST


On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 06:22:21PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> index 068897d..6591c2d 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -2259,6 +2259,9 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
> return 0;
> }
>
> + if (handle_insn_ops(insn, &state))
> + return 1;
> +
> switch (insn->type) {
>
> case INSN_RETURN:

Fun question; when an instruction has both a hint and ops, who should
win? I'm currently in that situation and I'd like the hint to win, but
is that 'right' ?