linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 11/30] objtool: Trace instruction state changes during function validation

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Message-ID: <20251202180907.169ba703@pumpkin>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 18:09:07 +0000
From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@...il.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>, Nathan Chancellor
 <nathan@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
 peterz@...radead.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 11/30] objtool: Trace instruction state changes
 during function validation

On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 08:13:21 -0800
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org> wrote:

...
> The static local bothered me, I went with a different approach to move
> that variable (and its usage) to handle_insn_ops().  Will post shortly.
> 

Does look a little wrong inside a recursively called function.

How does the code get on for 32bit builds?
I'd guess they have a lot less stack available?

	David