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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Remove dependency of check subcmd upon orc
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
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From:   Julien Thierry <jthierry@redhat.com>
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Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:42:09 +0100
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On 7/30/20 3:06 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:41:39AM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Matt Helsley's change[1] provided a base framework to opt-in/out
>> objtool subcommands at compile time. This makes it easier for
>> architectures to port objtool, one subcommand at a time.
>>
>> Orc generation relies on the check operation implementation. However,
>> the way this is done causes the check implementation to depend on the
>> implementation of orc generation functions to call if orc generation is
>> requested. This means that in order to implement check subcmd, orc
>> subcmd also need to be implemented.
>>
>> These patches aim at removing that dependency, having orc subcmd
>> being built on top of the check subcmd.
>>
>>
>> Changes since v2 [2]:
>> - Rebased on recent tip/objtool/core
> 
> tip/objtool/core is slightly outdated, I got a conflict with patch 1.
> 
> I guess linus/master would be best.

It looks like linus/master is missing the rela -> reloc rework that is 
present in tip/objtool/core, which will conflict with other patches from 
this series.

How shall I proceed?

-- 
Julien Thierry