linux-kernel - [PATCH] objtool: Fix ignore

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:20:30 +0530
From:   Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] objtool: Fix ignore_func() description

ignore_func() is limited to check if a symbol has been manually
whitelisted using STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD macro. Change the function
description accordingly.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/objtool/check.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index c0e26ad1fa7e..2c67ca2645f5 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ static struct instruction *next_insn_same_sec(struct objtool_file *file,
 
 /*
  * Check if the function has been manually whitelisted with the
- * STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD macro, or if it should be automatically whitelisted
- * due to its use of a context switching instruction.
+ * STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD macro.
  */
 static bool ignore_func(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
 {
-- 
2.7.4