[PATCH 08/14] objtool: Allow setting --mnop without --mcount

From: Josh Poimboeuf

Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 22:35:34 EST


Instead of returning an error for --mnop without --mcount, just silently
ignore it. This will help simplify kbuild's handling of objtool args.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index b780df513715..f528a58aca74 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ int cmd_parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const char * const usage[])

static bool opts_valid(void)
{
- if (opts.mnop && !opts.mcount) {
- ERROR("--mnop requires --mcount");
- return false;
- }
-
if (opts.noinstr && !opts.link) {
ERROR("--noinstr requires --link");
return false;
--
2.53.0