linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 03/30] objtool: Disassemble code with libopcodes instead of running objdump

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Message-ID: <20251210085638.GI3707837@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:56:38 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, jpoimboe@...nel.org,
	david.laight.linux@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/30] objtool: Disassemble code with libopcodes
 instead of running objdump

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 08:06:51AM +0100, Alexandre Chartre wrote:

> >   As attractive as it may seem how is this stuff supposed to fly given that
> > binutils internal libraries promise no stable API to out-of-tree software.
> > The interfaces can change anytime, just as it is with our internals.
> 
> Note that bpf (tools/bpf) is also using libbfd and libopcodes.

OTOH tools/perf opted to use libcapstone instead.