Re: [GIT pull] objtool/core for 5.12

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Feb 23 2021 - 10:22:35 EST


On Tue, Feb 23 2021 at 15:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Linus,
>
> please pull the latest objtool/core branch from:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git objtool-core-2021-02-23
>
> up to: aafeb14e9da2: objtool: Support stack-swizzle
>
> objtool updates:
>
> - Make objtool work for big-endian cross compiles
>
> - Make stack tracking via stack pointer memory operations match push/pop
> semantics to prepare for architectures w/o PUSH/POP instructions.
>
> - Add support for analyzing alternatives
>
> - Improve retpoline detection and handling
>
> - Improve assembly code coverage on x86
>
> - Provide support for inlined stack switching

There is a trivial merge conflict in the XEN assembly code. xen_sysret64
got removed upstream and objtool modifies it. Removal is the way to go.

Thanks,

tglx