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Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 06/12] objtool: Read special sections with alts only when specific options are selected
Date:   Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:02:32 +0530
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This patch reads special sections which have alternate
instructions, only when stackval or orc or uaccess or
noinstr options are passed to objtool.

Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@linux.ibm.com>
---
 tools/objtool/check.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 7f0dc504dd92..98e869721bc4 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2261,9 +2261,11 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
 	 * Must be before add_jump_destinations(), which depends on 'func'
 	 * being set for alternatives, to enable proper sibling call detection.
 	 */
-	ret = add_special_section_alts(file);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (opts.stackval || opts.orc || opts.uaccess || opts.noinstr) {
+		ret = add_special_section_alts(file);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = add_jump_destinations(file);
 	if (ret)
-- 
2.25.1