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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 13:58:10 +0000 From: Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net> To: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: objdiff: Ignore debug info when comparing Hi Stephen, On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 01:18:20PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote: > If the kernel is configured to be built with debug symbols, or > has bug tables, comparing files may not work if line numbers > change. This makes comparing object files with these options > harder to do. Let's strip out the debug info and drop the > __bug_table here so that we don't see false positives. There may > be other things to drop later, and it may be architecture > specific, but this works for me with my ARM64 build. > > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com> > Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org> Reviewed-by: Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net> I'm glad it's useful! thx, Jason.
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