Re: [PATCH 03/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate __ADDRESSABLE() symbols

[Miroslav Benes]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2026, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 11:34:33AM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Apr 2026, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:03:31 -0700, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Symbols created by __ADDRESSABLE() are only used to convince the
> > > > toolchain not to optimize out the referenced symbol.
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Looking at it again... wouldn't it be better to address this in 
> > is_special_section() which is looking at .discard.addressable already 
> > (only the outcome is different)?
> 
> No, I don't think so.  If .discard.addressable were classified as a
> "special" section then klp-diff would try to extract its entries into
> the livepatch module, which is completely unnecessary as these are
> throwaway symbols.

True. Thanks.

Miroslav