linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] frame: Make unwind hints definitions available to other architectures

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Message-ID: <12615fa7-8ba9-1daa-f648-644bf16110f2@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:12:04 +0100
From:   Julien Thierry <jthierry@...hat.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mbenes@...e.cz,
        raphael.gault@....com, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] frame: Make unwind hints definitions available to
 other architectures



On 7/30/20 3:56 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:46:51AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
>> Unwind hints are useful to provide objtool with information about stack
>> states in non-standard functions/code.
>> While the type of information being provided might be very arch
>> specific, the mechanism to provide the information can be useful for
>> other architectures.
>>
>> Move the relevant unwint hint definitions for all architectures to
>> see.
> 
> The scope of include/linux/frame.h has been creeping, it's no longer
> just about frame pointers.  Maybe we should rename it to objtool.h.
> 

I missed this comment until now, sorry.

The name "objtool.h" might conflict with tools/objtool/objtool.h. What 
about "objtool_utils.h" or "objtool_defs.h" ?

-- 
Julien Thierry