Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] objtool: Move object file loading out of check

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Jul 30 2020 - 10:09:46 EST


On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:41:40AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> +struct objtool_file *objtool_setup_file(const char *_objname)
> +{
> + if (objname) {
> + if (strcmp(objname, _objname)) {
> + WARN("won't handle more than one file at a time");
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + return &file;
> + }
> + objname = _objname;
> +
> + file.elf = elf_open_read(objname, O_RDWR);
> + if (!file.elf)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.insn_list);
> + hash_init(file.insn_hash);
> + file.c_file = find_section_by_name(file.elf, ".comment");
> + file.ignore_unreachables = no_unreachable;
> + file.hints = false;
> +
> + return &file;
> +}

How about calling it objtool_open_read()? It's (sort of) a wrapper
around elf_open_read().

--
Josh