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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] Make check implementation arch agnostic
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020, Julien Thierry wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The current implementation of the check subcommand has various x86 bits
> here and there. In order to prepare objtool to provide check for other
> architectures, add some abstraction over the x86 specific bits, relying
> on objtool arch specific code to provide some necessary operations.
>
> This is part of the effort to implement check for arm64, initiated [1]
> by Raphael. The series is based on top of the separation of check & orc
> subcommands series[2].
>
> I've push both series base on top of tip/objtool/core at [3].
>
> - The first two patches make it simpler for new arches to provide their
> list of kernel headers, without worrying about modifications in the x86
> headers.
> - Patch 3 Moves arch specific macros to more suitable location
> - Patches 4 and 5 add abstraction to handle alternatives
> - Patch 6 adds abstraction to handle jump table
> - Patch 7 abstracts the use of unwind hints. Adding it as RFC as I'm sure
> there's room for improvement.

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

for patches 1-6.

M

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