Re: [PATCH] scripts: objdiff: Ignore debug info when comparing

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi.

2017-02-17 6:18 GMT+09:00 Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> If the kernel is configured to be built with debug symbols, or
> has bug tables, comparing files may not work if line numbers
> change. This makes comparing object files with these options
> harder to do. Let's strip out the debug info and drop the
> __bug_table here so that we don't see false positives. There may
> be other things to drop later, and it may be architecture
> specific, but this works for me with my ARM64 build.
>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@xxxxxxxxxx>


Great!

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


BTW, I left Panasonic two years ago,
so the old address yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
is not working any more.

Please drop the "Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
when this patch is applied.


Thanks!



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada