From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] objtool: add undwarf debuginfo generation
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:14:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170629071414.g4pmbmtegf7jpryz@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e255ec17d43e4a22b58accb42380fe78250cafe8.1498659915.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
> Now that objtool knows the states of all registers on the stack for each
> instruction, it's straightforward to generate debuginfo for an unwinder
> to use.
>
> Instead of generating DWARF, generate a new format called undwarf, which
> is more suitable for an in-kernel unwinder. See
> tools/objtool/Documentation/undwarf.txt for a more detailed description
> of this new debuginfo format and why it's preferable to DWARF.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> ---
> tools/objtool/Build | 3 +
> tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt | 46 ++---
> tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 2 +-
> tools/objtool/builtin-undwarf.c | 70 ++++++++
> tools/objtool/builtin.h | 1 +
> tools/objtool/check.c | 59 ++++++-
> tools/objtool/check.h | 15 +-
> tools/objtool/elf.c | 212 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> tools/objtool/elf.h | 15 +-
> tools/objtool/objtool.c | 3 +-
> tools/objtool/undwarf-types.h | 81 +++++++++
Just a very quick stylistic suggestion: please name the header 'undwarf_types.h'
(note the underscore versus hyphen), which is the common naming pattern used in
the kernel.
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-29 7:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-28 15:11 [PATCH v2 0/8] x86: undwarf unwinder Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] objtool: move checking code to check.c Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 13:12 ` [tip:core/objtool] objtool: Move " tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] objtool, x86: add several functions and files to the objtool whitelist Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 13:12 ` [tip:core/objtool] objtool, x86: Add " tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] objtool: stack validation 2.0 Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 8:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-06-30 13:23 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 13:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 14:09 ` [PATCH] objtool: silence warnings for functions which use iret Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 17:49 ` [tip:core/objtool] objtool: Silence warnings for functions which use IRET tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 13:13 ` [tip:core/objtool] objtool: Implement stack validation 2.0 tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] objtool: add undwarf debuginfo generation Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 7:14 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2017-06-29 13:40 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 7:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-06-29 14:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 14:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-06-29 15:06 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-07-06 20:36 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-07-07 9:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-07-11 2:58 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-07-11 8:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] objtool, x86: add facility for asm code to provide unwind hints Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] x86/entry: add unwind hint annotations Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 17:53 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 18:50 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 19:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 21:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 21:41 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 22:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-30 2:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 5:05 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-30 5:41 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-30 13:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 15:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-30 15:55 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-30 15:56 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-30 16:16 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] x86/asm: add unwind hint annotations to sync_core() Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-28 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] x86/unwind: add undwarf unwinder Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 7:55 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] x86: " Ingo Molnar
2017-06-29 14:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-06-29 19:13 ` Josh Poimboeuf
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