Re: [PATCH 03/48] objtool/klp: Don't correlate __ADDRESSABLE() symbols

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 11:34:33AM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2026, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:03:31 -0700, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Symbols created by __ADDRESSABLE() are only used to convince the
> > > toolchain not to optimize out the referenced symbol.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Looking at it again... wouldn't it be better to address this in 
> is_special_section() which is looking at .discard.addressable already 
> (only the outcome is different)?

No, I don't think so.  If .discard.addressable were classified as a
"special" section then klp-diff would try to extract its entries into
the livepatch module, which is completely unnecessary as these are
throwaway symbols.

-- 
Josh