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Message-ID: <20240927234247.tm4zsho6wdc5gmby@treble>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:42:47 -0700
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alyssa.milburn@...el.com,
	scott.d.constable@...el.com, joao@...rdrivepizza.com,
	andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, jose.marchesi@...cle.com,
	hjl.tools@...il.com, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
	samitolvanen@...gle.com, nathan@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org,
	kees@...nel.org, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] objtool/x86: Add .tail_call_sites

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 09:49:00PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> @@ -893,7 +893,6 @@ static int create_cfi_sections(struct ob
>  
>  	sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".cfi_sites");
>  	if (sec) {
> -		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->call_list);

Hm, why exactly are we re-initing the list head anyway in these
boilerplate create_*_sections() functions?  I'm guessing that backfired
here.  I can't figure out a reason why we'd doing that anyway.

I'm also wondering why we made these boilerplate function names plural
"sections" when they only create a single section :-)

-- 
Josh

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