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

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Sep 01 2022 - 15:26:23 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>