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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] objtool: KCOV vs noinstr
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 04:30:34PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> These patches go on top of objtool/core, although possibly we need them earlier.
> 
> In order to solve the KCOV-vs-noinstr situation, we need objtool to rewrite
> calls to __sanitizer_cov_*() into NOPs, similar to what recordmcount does.
> 
> I'm hoping the pending objtool-recordmcount patches can also reuse some of this.

This sounds great to me -- I'll have a look through your series and will try
rebasing my work on this.

Cheers,
    -Matt Helsley