Re: [PATCH 12/13] objtool: Create backup on error and print args

From: Miroslav Benes
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 10:10:37 EST


On Fri, 14 Mar 2025, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> Recreating objtool errors can be a manual process. Kbuild removes the
> object, so it has to be compiled or linked again before running objtool.
> Then the objtool args need to be reversed engineered.
>
> Make that all easier by automatically making a backup of the object file
> on error, and print a modified version of the args which can be used to
> recreate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>

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