linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 28/31] x86/alternative: Create symbols for special section entries

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Message-ID: <20240903082909.GP4723@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:29:09 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@...e.com>,
	Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 28/31] x86/alternative: Create symbols for special section
 entries

On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 09:00:11PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Create a symbol for each special section entry.  This helps objtool
> extract needed entries.

A little more explanation would be nice,..