Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 May 2022 16:23:55 +0530 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] objtool: Enable objtool to run only on files with ftrace enabled | From | Sathvika Vasireddy <> |
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Hi Christophe,
On 24/05/22 14:27, Christophe Leroy wrote: > > Le 23/05/2022 à 19:55, Sathvika Vasireddy a écrit : >> This patch makes sure objtool runs only on the object files >> that have ftrace enabled, instead of running on all the object >> files. > Why do that ? This was done to address the issue discussed here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b06bb9bc-22d1-acce-fe68-c7c4cb7c15b5@csgroup.eu/
> > What about static_calls ? There may be files without ftrace but with > static calls. Yes, this prevents objtool from running on those files. We can restrict this change to FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL > > By the way, it would be nice if we could use it only on C files. > I get the following errors for ASM files: > > arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.o: warning: objtool: .text+0x1b4: > unannotated intra-function call
I'm looking into ways to address this.
- Sathvika
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