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Message-ID: <b5c6d9a6-02ce-dce3-952b-4d044cb63b7f@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:06:46 +0100
From: Julien Thierry <jthierry@...hat.com>
To: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
peterz@...radead.org, raphael.gault@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] objtool: check: Allow save/restore hint in non
standard function symbols
On 4/1/20 2:54 PM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Julien Thierry wrote:
>
>> The kernel code base provides CODE_SYM_START/END to declare assembly
>> code sequences that don't follow function standard calling conventions.
>>
>> As non-C/non-standard code, these sequences can very much benefit from
>> unwind hints. However, when a restore unwind_hint is used in a
>> non-function code sequence, objtool will crash when looking for the
>> corresponding save hint.
>>
>> Record the code symbol an instruction belongs to and look for save hints
>> belonging to the same code symbol as the restore hint.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <jthierry@...hat.com>
>
> Looks ok, but save/restore hints are about to go away. See
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200331222703.GH2452@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net/
>
Ah, just as I started bringing unwind hints to the arm64 side...
I'll have to scratch my head a bit more over this then. Thanks for
bringing it to my attention.
Thanks,
--
Julien Thierry
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