Re: [RFC][PATCH] objtool,x86_64: Replace recordmcount with objtool

[Steven Rostedt]

On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:52:37 -0700
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Does x86 have a way to differentiate between the two that record mcount
> > can check?  
> 
> I'm not sure if looking at the relocation alone is sufficient on x86,
> we might also have to decode the instruction, which is what objtool
> does. Did you have any thoughts on Peter's patch, or my initial
> suggestion, which adds a __nomcount attribute to affected functions?

There's a lot of code in this thread. Can you give me the message-id of
Peter's patch in question.

Thanks,

-- Steve