Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] objtool: Move header sync-check ealier in build | From | Julien Thierry <> | Date | Wed, 1 Apr 2020 13:44:45 +0100 |
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On 4/1/20 1:32 PM, Miroslav Benes wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Julien Thierry wrote: > >> Currently, the check of tools files against kernel equivalent is only >> done after every object file has been built. > >> This means one might fix >> build issues against outdated headers without seeing a warning about >> this. > > Could you explain the above in more detail, please? >
I must admit that this patch is more fixing the issues I've faced while working on the arm64 support and sharing some kernel headers from the arch/arm64 tree.
The annoying part was: - Have build errors in objtool - Fix them - Objtool build succeeds, but have warning about outdated headers - Update headers - New errors come up, potentially making obsolete the ealier fixes
So it's not really a "must have" change. But it's nice to have when bringing new kernel headers to objtool.
I hope this makes things clearer.
Cheers,
-- Julien Thierry
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