linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/30] objtool: Function validation tracing

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Message-ID: <056b7c95-ddfa-42aa-99e0-f3be9b5612d1@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:37:15 +0100
From: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: alexandre.chartre@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, david.laight.linux@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/30] objtool: Function validation tracing



On 11/20/25 18:30, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 03:32:17PM +0100, Alexandre Chartre wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> These patches change objtool to disassemble code with libopcodes instead
>> of running objdump. You will find below:
>>
>> - Changes: list of changes made in this version
>> - Overview: overview of the changes
>> - Notes: description of some particular behavior
>> - Examples: output examples
>>
>> Patches are now based on tip/master.
>>
>> I am deferring the following changes to future patches:
>> - Josh: convert --disas option to subcommand
>> - David: provide branch distance for small branches
> 
> Git shows the following untracked files
> 
> 	tools/objtool/FEATURE-DUMP.objtool
> 	tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/
> 	tools/objtool/feature/
> 
> so tools/objtool/.gitignore needs an update.
> 
> If you update .gitignore for the relevant patches, and fix the typos I
> pointed out, I think we can go ahead and merge this thing.
> 

Good. I will fix all that and resend.

Thanks,

alex.