[PATCH v3 07/30] objtool: Don't autodetect vmlinux.o

From: Sami Tolvanen
Date: Fri Sep 18 2020 - 16:15:05 EST


With LTO, we run objtool on vmlinux.o, but don't want noinstr
validation. This change requires --vmlinux to be passed to objtool
explicitly.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 2 +-
tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 10 +---------
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index e6e2d9e5ff48..372c3719f94c 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ objtool_link()
local objtoolopt;

if [ -n "${CONFIG_VMLINUX_VALIDATION}" ]; then
- objtoolopt="check"
+ objtoolopt="check --vmlinux"
if [ -z "${CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER}" ]; then
objtoolopt="${objtoolopt} --no-fp"
fi
diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index 71595cf4946d..eaa06eb18690 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -41,18 +41,10 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {

int cmd_check(int argc, const char **argv)
{
- const char *objname, *s;
-
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, check_options, check_usage, 0);

if (argc != 1)
usage_with_options(check_usage, check_options);

- objname = argv[0];
-
- s = strstr(objname, "vmlinux.o");
- if (s && !s[9])
- vmlinux = true;
-
- return check(objname, false);
+ return check(argv[0], false);
}
--
2.28.0.681.g6f77f65b4e-goog