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Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:57:50 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [POC][RFC][PATCH 1/2] jump_function: Addition of new feature
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 21:17:10 -0500
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:

> I'm not really convinced we need objtool for this, maybe I'll try
> whipping up a POC.

Awesome!

I wasn't thinking of actually having objtool itself perform this task,
but instead breaking the internals of objtool up into more of a generic
infrastructure, that recordmcount.c, objtool, and whatever this does
can use.

-- Steve