linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: objdiff: Ignore debug info when comparing

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Date:   Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:12:03 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: objdiff: Ignore debug info when comparing

Hi.

2017-02-17 6:18 GMT+09:00 Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>:
> 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>


Great!

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>


BTW, I left Panasonic two years ago,
so the old address yamada.m@...panasonic.com
is not working any more.

Please drop the "Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>"
when this patch is applied.


Thanks!



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada