RE: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Remove dynamic NOP selection

[David Laight]

From: Linus Torvalds
> Sent: 20 January 2024 17:00
...
> And if I add "-r" to get relocation info, I get
> 
>         call   <delayed_put_task_struct+0x1a>
>                         R_X86_64_PLT32  rethook_flush_task-0x4
> 
> which shows the raw relocation data, but with truly mind-bogglingly
> horrendous syntax.
> 
> Is there some sane tool that just does the sane thing and shows this as
> 
>         call   rethook_flush_task
> 
> which is what the thing actually means?

While you are re-writing a disassembler, remember to print the
contents of string when you get a reference into .rodata.str :-)

How many times have you had to dig out a printf format string in
order to locate the source associated with some object code?
It is so much easier if the disassembler does it for you.

	David

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