Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Apr 2020 14:55:14 +0200 (CEST) | From | Miroslav Benes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] objtool: Move header sync-check ealier in build |
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Julien Thierry wrote:
> > > On 4/1/20 1:32 PM, Miroslav Benes wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Julien Thierry wrote: > > > >> Currently, the check of tools files against kernel equivalent is only > >> done after every object file has been built. > > > >> This means one might fix > >> build issues against outdated headers without seeing a warning about > >> this. > > > > Could you explain the above in more detail, please? > > > > I must admit that this patch is more fixing the issues I've faced while > working on the arm64 support and sharing some kernel headers from the > arch/arm64 tree. > > The annoying part was: > - Have build errors in objtool > - Fix them > - Objtool build succeeds, but have warning about outdated headers > - Update headers > - New errors come up, potentially making obsolete the ealier fixes
Ah right, yes.
> So it's not really a "must have" change. But it's nice to have when bringing > new kernel headers to objtool.
No, I think it is useful.
> I hope this makes things clearer.
Yes, it does.
Thanks Miroslav
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