linux-kernel - Re: [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool: Consolidate annotation macros

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgzL-bCggZOuDU7_f-1jpjus8Oaqtek9T8GdGUexnHYkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 08:49:38 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool: Consolidate annotation macros

On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 at 08:40, tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
<tip-bot2@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> Consolidate __ASM_ANNOTATE into a single macro which is used by both C
> and asm.  This also makes the code generation a bit more palatable by
> putting it all on a single line.

No objections, but I just wanted to say that when stating "this makes
the code generation more palatable", it would be good to actually show
*how* it does it (with just an example).

Because it's hard to read that diff and figure out what the actual
effect is. I can just about see it, but...

              Linus