linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] objtool: optimize insn

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Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:13:42 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] objtool: optimize insn_hash for split sections

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 09:47:49PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:07:23AM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > When running objtool on vmlinux.o compiled with -ffunction-sections,
> > we end up with a ton of collisions in the insn_hash table as each
> > function is in its own section. This results in a runtime of minutes
> > instead of seconds. Use both section index and offset as the key to
> > avoid this, similarly to rela_hash.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
> 
> I already have this queued:
> 
>   https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200416115119.227240432@infradead.org
> 
> which looks very similar.

Ah! Yeah, just no insn-arg helper to do the hash call; cool.

Please consider both:

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

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Kees Cook