Re: [PATCH v2 -tip] x86/percpu: Use C for arch_raw_cpu_ptr()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Right now my preference would be to leave the existing interface as-is,
> and then graft optional subcommands on top.  If no subcommand is
> specified then it would default to the "run" subcommand.  It's a little
> funky, but it would work well for the common case, where ~99% of the
> functionality lives.  And it doesn't break existing setups and
> backports.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   # current interface (no changes)
>   objtool --mcount --orc --retpoline --uaccess vmlinux.o
> 
>   # same, with optional explicit "run" subcommand
>   objtool run --mcount --orc --retpoline --uaccess vmlinux.o
> 
>   # new "size" subcommand
>   obtool size [options] vmlinux.o.before vmlinux.o.after

Yeah, sounds good!

Thanks,

	Ingo