linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 24/26] objtool: Avoid iterating !text section symbols

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Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:09:18 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz, brgerst@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 24/26] objtool: Avoid iterating !text section symbols

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 04:31:37PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> validate_functions() iterates all sections their symbols; this is
> pointless to do for !text sections as they won't have instructions
> anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

-- 
Josh