[PATCH v4 10/13] objtool: Avoid iterating !text section symbols
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Mar 25 2020 - 13:47:52 EST
validate_functions() iterates all sections their symbols; this is
pointless to do for !text sections as they won't have instructions
anyway.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2621,8 +2621,12 @@ static int validate_functions(struct obj
struct section *sec;
int warnings = 0;
- for_each_sec(file, sec)
+ for_each_sec(file, sec) {
+ if (!(sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR))
+ continue;
+
warnings += validate_section(file, sec);
+ }
return warnings;
}