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-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/builtin-check.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/elf.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h2
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[]);