Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:21:34 +1100 | From | Stephen Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is used |
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Hi Josh,
On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:17:26 -0600 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 01:27:35PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:54:51 -0600 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > Changing it to use the host compiler would probably be an easy fix, but > > > that would expose a harder bug related to endianness. > > > > Just by luck, my PowerPC host is little endian :-) > > Aha! In that case, I think I'll take a different approach and try to > add support for CROSS_COMPILE. > > We'll need it anyway, later on, when we port objtool to more > architectures.
That would be great. I was discussing this briefly with the powerpc maintainer and he expressed some interest.
> Thanks. I should have the patch(es) soon. If/when they get merged, > I'll let you know, and then you can drop this one.
OK, I will keep an eye out - I usually notice when stuff get fixed, but a heads up is always helpful.
-- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell
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