Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] objtool: add undwarf debuginfo generation

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Jun 29 2017 - 09:41:02 EST


On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 09:14:14AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Now that objtool knows the states of all registers on the stack for each
> > instruction, it's straightforward to generate debuginfo for an unwinder
> > to use.
> >
> > Instead of generating DWARF, generate a new format called undwarf, which
> > is more suitable for an in-kernel unwinder. See
> > tools/objtool/Documentation/undwarf.txt for a more detailed description
> > of this new debuginfo format and why it's preferable to DWARF.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/objtool/Build | 3 +
> > tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt | 46 ++---
> > tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 2 +-
> > tools/objtool/builtin-undwarf.c | 70 ++++++++
> > tools/objtool/builtin.h | 1 +
> > tools/objtool/check.c | 59 ++++++-
> > tools/objtool/check.h | 15 +-
> > tools/objtool/elf.c | 212 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> > tools/objtool/elf.h | 15 +-
> > tools/objtool/objtool.c | 3 +-
> > tools/objtool/undwarf-types.h | 81 +++++++++
>
> Just a very quick stylistic suggestion: please name the header 'undwarf_types.h'
> (note the underscore versus hyphen), which is the common naming pattern used in
> the kernel.

Ok, will rename it.

--
Josh