linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/25] objtool: Add a pass for generating __mcount

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Message-ID: <20201014182115.GF2594@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:21:15 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/25] objtool: Add a pass for generating __mcount_loc

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 06:50:04PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Meh, adding --mcount as an option to 'objtool check' was a valid hack for a 
> prototype patchset, but please turn this into a proper subcommand, just 
> like 'objtool orc' is.
> 
> 'objtool check' should ... keep checking. :-)

No, no subcommands. orc being a subcommand was a mistake.