Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 12:19:41 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Markus <M4rkusXXL@web.de>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: objtool segfault with ORC unwinder enabled
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On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 11:49:08AM +0100, Markus wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> ORC unwinder is enabled in stable for wider testing but still at least one bug 
> is open:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197035

Random web links on mailing lists don't help much, please put the
information here in the email.

> objtool will segfault because a NULL pointer is dereferenced.

And how are you reproducing this?

> Is a NULL pointer sym valid?
> If a NULL pointer is invalid, it has to be checked why it is sometimes NULL.

What .config is triggering this problem?

And does this show up on 4.14.11, and 4.15-rc6?

thanks,

greg k-h