[PATCH v2 11/16] objtool: Add --mnop as an option to --mcount

Peter Zijlstra peterz at infradead.org
Fri Sep 2 05:25:39 AEST 2022


On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:22:18AM +0530, Sathvika Vasireddy wrote:
> Architectures can select HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT if they choose
> to nop out mcount call sites. If that config option is
> selected, then --mnop is passed as an option to objtool,
> along with --mcount.
> 
> Also, make sure that --mnop can be passed as an option
> to objtool only when --mcount is passed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv at linux.ibm.com>

IIRC you want to nop the things yourself because PLT entries or
something?

Anyway, patch looks fine, even though the Changelog doesn't relaly
justify the change.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz at infradead.org>


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