Re: [GIT PULL] objtool/urgent for v6.4

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sun Jun 25 2023 - 13:09:57 EST


On Sun, 25 Jun 2023 at 02:28, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> - Add a ORC format hash to vmlinux and modules in order for other tools
> which use it, to detect changes to it and adapt accordingly

Hmm. That "hash" is pretty horrendous. If I read that awk script
right, it will change for things like whitespace changes (or comment
changes) as long as they are around those magic #defines or the
'orc_entry' definition.

I've pulled this, but it all seems pretty random and hacky.

Linus