Re: objtool clac/stac handling change..

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Wed Jul 01 2020 - 16:51:47 EST


On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 01:36:22PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> If we do this extable change, we end up with a different mess: some
> exception handlers will clear AC and some wonât. Iâm sure objtool can
> deal with this with some effort, but Iâm not convinced itâs worth it.

Yeah. Peter's more of the expert here, but I think we'd at least need
to annotate the code which expects an implicit CLAC so objtool knows
what to expect. It's not trivial, but it might be doable.

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Josh