Re: [PATCH v6 03/30] objtool: Disassemble code with libopcodes instead of running objdump

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Wed Dec 10 2025 - 07:01:50 EST


On Wed, 10 Dec 2025, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Wouldn't it make sense to improve objdump instead so as to provide the
> > features required?
>
> I don't think objdump wants to know about our very Linux kernel specific
> sections - which are somewhat subject to change as well.

Is it something that needs to be embedded in the code itself rather than
being supplied via the command line?

Maciej