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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 16/19] objtool: Implement noinstr validation
    On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 06:02:50PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
    > +static int validate_vmlinux_functions(struct objtool_file *file)
    > +{
    > + struct section *sec;
    > +
    > + sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".noinstr.text");
    > + if (!sec) {
    > + WARN("No .noinstr.text section");
    > + return -1;

    And that is a little too agressive, seeing how the current x86_64 kernel
    does not include it. I made it a silent exit for now, so as not to break
    the build (with patch 20/19 added on).

    > }
    >
    > + return validate_sec_functions(file, sec);
    > +}

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