Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] frame: Make unwind hints definitions available to other architectures

[Julien Thierry]

On 7/30/20 3:56 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:46:51AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> > Unwind hints are useful to provide objtool with information about stack
> > states in non-standard functions/code.
> > While the type of information being provided might be very arch
> > specific, the mechanism to provide the information can be useful for
> > other architectures.
> >
> > Move the relevant unwint hint definitions for all architectures to
> > see.
>
> The scope of include/linux/frame.h has been creeping, it's no longer
> just about frame pointers.  Maybe we should rename it to objtool.h.

I missed this comment until now, sorry.

The name "objtool.h" might conflict with tools/objtool/objtool.h. What 
about "objtool_utils.h" or "objtool_defs.h" ?

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Julien Thierry