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Subject: Re: [POC][RFC][PATCH 1/2] jump_function: Addition of new feature
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On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 08:13:18 -0700
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:

> > Perhaps a gcc plugin might work too.
> >   
> 
> My suggestion was to have objtool do the dirty work. Josh said something suspiciously like “sounds fun” on IRC :)
> 

objtool does basically the same thing as recordmcount does. Josh and I
have both said that it's on our todo list to combine the two and make it
more generic for operations like this.

Seems like now's the time to do it.

-- Steve