linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86 cleanups for v5.7

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjF+j-sc98Oa8_c=tcfaVf7XfeLJGPgsWhBR+rwH5cjFw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 10:03:21 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 cleanups for v5.7

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 6:47 AM Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> FWIW, I am routinely using Joerg's
>
>         https://github.com/joergroedel/asmtool
>
> for exactly this.

Ahh, that seems to be on *.s files only.

I really prefer working on the object file basis, so that I can do a
diff of the whole kernel if required, and (if I care about just one
file) so that it shows the real code rather than all the odd section
stuff we end up having for alternatives etc.

               Linus