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

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgTWezdprq6eBYAv52r6JYoD_oBjouUfsbvMZqtpYjWfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:44:45 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, 
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool: Consolidate annotation macros

On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 at 09:21, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> It *feels* like this should just all be
>
>         911: .pushsection .discard.annotate_insn ; .long 911b - .; .long 1; .popsection
>         jmp __x86_return_thunk
>
> instead.

Actually, I think it should just be

  911: jmp __x86_return_thunk
  .pushsection .discard.annotate_insn ; .long 911b - . , 1; .popsection

but again: it's entirely possible that there's something I am missing.

           Linus