Re: [GIT PULL] objtool changes for v5.10

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Oct 13 2020 - 06:11:10 EST



* Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
>
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:26:25 +0200 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Ilie Halip (1):
> > objtool: Ignore unreachable trap after call to noreturn functions
> >
> > Jann Horn (1):
> > objtool: Permit __kasan_check_{read,write} under UACCESS
> >
> > Julien Thierry (16):
> > objtool: Move object file loading out of check()
> > objtool: Move ORC logic out of check()
> > objtool: Skip ORC entry creation for non-text sections
> > objtool: Define 'struct orc_entry' only when needed
> > objtool: Group headers to check in a single list
> > objtool: Make sync-check consider the target architecture
> > objtool: Move macros describing structures to arch-dependent code
> > objtool: Abstract alternative special case handling
> > objtool: Make relocation in alternative handling arch dependent
> > objtool: Rename frame.h -> objtool.h
> > objtool: Only include valid definitions depending on source file type
> > objtool: Make unwind hint definitions available to other architectures
> > objtool: Decode unwind hint register depending on architecture
> > objtool: Remove useless tests before save_reg()
> > objtool: Ignore unreachable fake jumps
> > objtool: Handle calling non-function symbols in other sections
> >
> > Raphael Gault (1):
> > objtool: Refactor jump table code to support other architectures
> >
> > Vasily Gorbik (1):
> > objtool: Allow nested externs to enable BUILD_BUG()
>
> This seems to be missing
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/patch-1.thread-251403.git-2514037e9477.your-ad-here.call-01602244460-ext-7088@work.hours/
>
> or did that get sent in a previous pull request?

No, that fix is still missing, thanks for the reminder. I overlooked it
thinking that it's a tooling patch - but this needs to be paired with:

2486baae2cf6: ("objtool: Allow nested externs to enable BUILD_BUG()")

I'll send a v2 pull request in an hour or two.

Thanks,

Ingo