Re: [PATCH v5 00/17] objtool: vmlinux.o and noinstr validation

[Miroslav Benes]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2020, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> As should be familiar by now; these patches implement the noinstr
> (no-instrument) validation in objtool as requested by Thomas, to ensure
> critical code (entry for now, idle later) run no unexpected code.
> 
> Functions are marked with: noinstr, which implies notrace, noinline and sticks
> things in the .noinstr.text section. Such functions can then use instr_begin()
> and instr_end() to allow calls to code outside of this section in sanctioned
> areas.
> 
> On the way of getting there, it also fixes the x86/ftrace trampiline ORC
> unwind.

I think I've already done that, but there are some changes, so

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>

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