Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Remove dependency of check subcmd upon orc

[Julien Thierry]

Hi,

Sorry for the duplicate send. An issue happened while sending this one. 
Please ignore this thread.

Thanks,

Julien

On 8/25/20 1:46 PM, Julien Thierry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Matt Helsley's change[1] provided a base framework to opt-in/out
> objtool subcommands at compile time. This makes it easier for
> architectures to port objtool, one subcommand at a time.
>
> Orc generation relies on the check operation implementation. However,
> the way this is done causes the check implementation to depend on the
> implementation of orc generation functions to call if orc generation is
> requested. This means that in order to implement check subcmd, orc
> subcmd also need to be implemented.
>
> These patches aim at removing that dependency, having orc subcmd
> being built on top of the check subcmd.
>
>
> Changes since v3 [2]:
> - Rebased on v5.9-rc1
> - Renamed objtool_setup_file() to objtool_open_read()
> - Fixed misplaced elf_write() when file->elf->changed is true
> - Avoid additional allocation for orc data and compile out orc
>    definition when not needed instead
>
> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3510844.html
> [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/30/415
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julien
>
> -->
>
> Julien Thierry (4):
>    objtool: Move object file loading out of check
>    objtool: Move orc outside of check
>    objtool: orc: Skip setting orc_entry for non-text sections
>    objtool: check: Use orc definition only when needed
>
>   tools/objtool/Makefile        |  4 +++
>   tools/objtool/arch.h          |  2 ++
>   tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 15 ++++++++++-
>   tools/objtool/builtin-orc.c   | 27 +++++++++++++++++++-
>   tools/objtool/check.c         | 47 ++++++-----------------------------
>   tools/objtool/check.h         |  2 ++
>   tools/objtool/objtool.c       | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   tools/objtool/objtool.h       |  4 ++-
>   tools/objtool/orc_gen.c       |  3 +++
>   tools/objtool/weak.c          |  4 +--
>   10 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.21.3

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Julien Thierry