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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2023-04-18 14:27:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2023-05-16 06:31:51 -0700 |
| commit | ca653464dd097fe64e69f1735e9f348b2a0f8037 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d1f42b5efb9e2f46957e590f79b2062cdb5619e /tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt | |
| parent | 5e3992fe72748ed3892be876f09d4d990548b7af (diff) | |
objtool: Add verbose option for disassembling affected functions
When a warning is associated with a function, add an option to
disassemble that function.
This makes it easier for reporters to submit the information needed to
diagnose objtool warnings.
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/dd0fe13428ede186f09c74059a8001f4adcea5fc.1681853186.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt index 744db4218e7a..8db1f29bf432 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt +++ b/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt @@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ To achieve the validation, objtool enforces the following rules: Objtool warnings ---------------- +NOTE: When requesting help with an objtool warning, please recreate with +OBJTOOL_VERBOSE=1 (e.g., "make OBJTOOL_VERBOSE=1") and send the full +output, including any disassembly below the warning, to the objtool +maintainers. + For asm files, if you're getting an error which doesn't make sense, first make sure that the affected code follows the above rules. |