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| author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2022-03-08 16:30:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2022-03-15 10:32:32 +0100 |
| commit | f2d3a250897133cc36c13a641bd6a9b4dd5ad234 (patch) | |
| tree | dda16098a471e59ff9c7a2d80859bab1f9cb2681 /tools | |
| parent | static_call: Avoid building empty .static_call_sites (diff) | |
| download | linux-f2d3a250897133cc36c13a641bd6a9b4dd5ad234.tar.xz linux-f2d3a250897133cc36c13a641bd6a9b4dd5ad234.zip | |
objtool: Add --dry-run
Add a --dry-run argument to skip writing the modifications. This is
convenient for debugging.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154317.282720146@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/elf.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h | 2 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c index 38070f26105b..853af934c9fd 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c +++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ #include <objtool/objtool.h> bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module, backtrace, uaccess, stats, - validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr, backup, sls; + validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr, backup, sls, dryrun; static const char * const check_usage[] = { "objtool check [<options>] file.o", @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = { OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "mcount", &mcount, "generate __mcount_loc"), OPT_BOOLEAN('B', "backup", &backup, "create .orig files before modification"), OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "sls", &sls, "validate straight-line-speculation"), + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dryrun, "don't write the modifications"), OPT_END(), }; diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c index 4b384c907027..456ac2206404 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/elf.c +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c @@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ int elf_write(struct elf *elf) struct section *sec; Elf_Scn *s; + if (dryrun) + return 0; + /* Update changed relocation sections and section headers: */ list_for_each_entry(sec, &elf->sections, list) { if (sec->changed) { diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h index 89ba869ed08f..7b4b124b9032 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h +++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ extern const struct option check_options[]; extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module, backtrace, uaccess, stats, - validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr, backup, sls; + validate_dup, vmlinux, mcount, noinstr, backup, sls, dryrun; extern int cmd_parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const char * const usage[]); |