Re: [PATCH 1/3] scripts/sorttable: Change section type of orc_lookup to SHT_PROGBITS

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* changhuaixin <changhuaixin@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:

> Hi, Ingo
> 
> Another way to write SHT_PROGBITS is using elf_create_section to write orc_lookup table headers, when orc_unwind_ip table and orc_unwind table are written. Is this a better solution?
> 
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
> index 3f98dcfbc177..860d4dcec8e6 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/orc_gen.c
> @@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ int create_orc_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
>         u_sec = elf_create_section(file->elf, ".orc_unwind",
>                                    sizeof(struct orc_entry), idx);
> 
> +       /* make flags of section orc_lookup right */
> +       if (!elf_create_section(file->elf, ".orc_lookup", sizeof(int), 0))
> +               return -1;
> +
>         /* populate sections */
>         idx = 0;
>         for_each_sec(file, sec) {

Looks much nicer IMO.

Mind turning this into a proper patch that does it plus reverts the 
hack?

Thanks,

	Ingo