linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/20] objtool: Set insn->func for alternatives

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Date:   Fri, 8 Mar 2019 13:16:29 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
        julien.thierry@....com, will.deacon@....com, luto@...capital.net,
        mingo@...nel.org, catalin.marinas@....com, james.morse@....com,
        valentin.schneider@....com, brgerst@...il.com, luto@...nel.org,
        bp@...en8.de, dvlasenk@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dvyukov@...gle.com, rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/20] objtool: Set insn->func for alternatives

On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 12:45:23PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Make sure we set the function association for alternative instruction
> sequences; they are after all still part of the function.

Can you also say _why_?  I presume it's so the warning messages will be
saner.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> ---
>  tools/objtool/check.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ static int handle_group_alt(struct objto
>  		last_new_insn = insn;
>  
>  		insn->ignore = orig_insn->ignore_alts;
> +		insn->func = orig_insn->func;
>  
>  		if (insn->type != INSN_JUMP_CONDITIONAL &&
>  		    insn->type != INSN_JUMP_UNCONDITIONAL)
> 
> 

-- 
Josh