Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] objtool: Make relocation in alternative handling arch dependent

[Julien Thierry]

On 7/30/20 3:42 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:46:48AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> > As pointed out by the comment in handle_group_alt(), support of
> > relocation for instructions in an alternative group depends on whether
> > arch specific kernel code handles it.
> >
> > So, let objtool arch specific code decide whether a relocation for
> > the alternative section should be accepted.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <jthierry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   tools/objtool/arch/x86/arch_special.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>
> The "arch" in "arch_special.c" is redundant, how about special.c?

Yes, that makes sense.

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Julien Thierry