On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 01:12:04PM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote: > > > On 7/30/20 3:56 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:46:51AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote: > > > Unwind hints are useful to provide objtool with information about stack > > > states in non-standard functions/code. > > > While the type of information being provided might be very arch > > > specific, the mechanism to provide the information can be useful for > > > other architectures. > > > > > > Move the relevant unwint hint definitions for all architectures to > > > see. > > > > The scope of include/linux/frame.h has been creeping, it's no longer > > just about frame pointers. Maybe we should rename it to objtool.h. > > > > I missed this comment until now, sorry. > > The name "objtool.h" might conflict with tools/objtool/objtool.h. What about > "objtool_utils.h" or "objtool_defs.h" ?
There shouldn't be a conflict: objtool doesn't include kernel headers directly; and even if it did need a copy (in tools/include/linux), it would be referenced as <linux/objtool.h> instead of "objtool.h". -- Josh
