linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] objtool changes for v5.19

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Message-ID: <Yo0fBWQEevzxttdZ@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Tue, 24 May 2022 20:08:05 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] objtool changes for v5.19

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 10:53:40AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 11:02 PM Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Note that with your latest tree you'll get 3 new conflicts:
> 
> No problem, but the conflicts did make something clear: the objtool
> code should just get rid of the "--uaccess" flag that is now
> unconditional when CONFIG_X86_SMAP has been removed.
> 
> I didn't actually do that, and instead just did the mindless merge
> conflict resolution, but it might be a good idea.

Yes, I think there is patch pending for that, but given the total merge
pain we already had, I was waiting for all the dust to settle before
taking it further.