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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 07/10] objtool: check: Allow save/restore hint in non standard function symbols
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On 4/1/20 2:54 PM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Julien Thierry wrote:
>
>> The kernel code base provides CODE_SYM_START/END to declare assembly
>> code sequences that don't follow function standard calling conventions.
>>
>> As non-C/non-standard code, these sequences can very much benefit from
>> unwind hints. However, when a restore unwind_hint is used in a
>> non-function code sequence, objtool will crash when looking for the
>> corresponding save hint.
>>
>> Record the code symbol an instruction belongs to and look for save hints
>> belonging to the same code symbol as the restore hint.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <jthierry@redhat.com>
>
> Looks ok, but save/restore hints are about to go away. See
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200331222703.GH2452@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net/
>

Ah, just as I started bringing unwind hints to the arm64 side...

I'll have to scratch my head a bit more over this then. Thanks for
bringing it to my attention.

Thanks,

--
Julien Thierry

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