Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Remove dependency of check subcmd upon orc

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Jul 30 2020 - 10:06:32 EST


On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:41:39AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Matt Helsley's change[1] provided a base framework to opt-in/out
> objtool subcommands at compile time. This makes it easier for
> architectures to port objtool, one subcommand at a time.
>
> Orc generation relies on the check operation implementation. However,
> the way this is done causes the check implementation to depend on the
> implementation of orc generation functions to call if orc generation is
> requested. This means that in order to implement check subcmd, orc
> subcmd also need to be implemented.
>
> These patches aim at removing that dependency, having orc subcmd
> being built on top of the check subcmd.
>
>
> Changes since v2 [2]:
> - Rebased on recent tip/objtool/core

tip/objtool/core is slightly outdated, I got a conflict with patch 1.

I guess linus/master would be best.

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Josh