[PATCH v2 23/23] objtool: Remove .fixup handling

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Nov 10 2021 - 05:16:30 EST


The .fixup has gone the way of the Dodo, that test will always be
false.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3296,14 +3296,10 @@ static bool ignore_unreachable_insn(stru
return true;

/*
- * Ignore any unused exceptions. This can happen when a whitelisted
- * function has an exception table entry.
- *
- * Also ignore alternative replacement instructions. This can happen
+ * Ignore alternative replacement instructions. This can happen
* when a whitelisted function uses one of the ALTERNATIVE macros.
*/
- if (!strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".fixup") ||
- !strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".altinstr_replacement") ||
+ if (!strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".altinstr_replacement") ||
!strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".altinstr_aux"))
return true;