Re: [RFC PATCH 7/7] objtool: Make unwind_hints available for all architectures

[Julien Thierry]

Hi Miroslav,

On 6/10/20 2:20 PM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Hi Julien,
>
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2020, Julien Thierry wrote:
>
> > Unwind hints are useful to give some information about the call frame
> > or stack states in non-standard code.
> >
> > Despite unwind hints being used in arch-independent code, the
> > unwind_hint structure type itself is define in x86 kernel headers.
> >
> > This is because what an unwind hint will describe is very architecture
> > specific, both regarding the state and the affected registers.
> >
> > To get to share this concept, expose the unwind_hint structure across
> > architecutres. However, the hint types remain defined by the
> > architecture code. Objtool then needs it's arch specific code to
> > "decode" the unwind hint into a cfi_state.
>
> I think it would be nice to split the patch. Something like.
>
> 1. current include/linux/frame.h mixes assembly and non-assembly
> definitions, so introduce ASSEMBLY ifdef first seems like a good idea to
> me.
>
> 2. move the relevant definitions to frame.h and add the file to
> sync-check
>
> 3. the rest of the patch
>
> Would it make sense?

Yes, I think your approach will make it simpler to review. I wasn't sure 
how to split it but I like your suggestion, thank you for it.

I'll probably post the split patch separately if the rest of the series 
gets picked.

Cheers,

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Julien Thierry