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Linus Torvalds 6f612579be objtool changes for v6.5:
- Build footprint & performance improvements:
 
     - Reduce memory usage with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 
       In the worst case of an allyesconfig+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y kernel, DWARF
       creates almost 200 million relocations, ballooning objtool's peak heap
       usage to 53GB.  These patches reduce that to 25GB.
 
       On a distro-type kernel with kernel IBT enabled, they reduce objtool's
       peak heap usage from 4.2GB to 2.8GB.
 
       These changes also improve the runtime significantly.
 
 - Debuggability improvements:
 
     - Add the unwind_debug command-line option, for more extend unwinding
       debugging output.
     - Limit unreachable warnings to once per function
     - Add verbose option for disassembling affected functions
     - Include backtrace in verbose mode
     - Detect missing __noreturn annotations
     - Ignore exc_double_fault() __noreturn warnings
     - Remove superfluous global_noreturns entries
     - Move noreturn function list to separate file
     - Add __kunit_abort() to noreturns
 
 - Unwinder improvements:
 
     - Allow stack operations in UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED regions
     - drm/vmwgfx: Add unwind hints around RBP clobber
 
 - Cleanups:
 
     - Move the x86 entry thunk restore code into thunk functions
     - x86/unwind/orc: Use swap() instead of open coding it
     - Remove unnecessary/unused variables
 
 - Fixes for modern stack canary handling
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'objtool-core-2023-06-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull objtool updates from Ingo Molar:
 "Build footprint & performance improvements:

   - Reduce memory usage with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y

     In the worst case of an allyesconfig+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y kernel,
     DWARF creates almost 200 million relocations, ballooning objtool's
     peak heap usage to 53GB. These patches reduce that to 25GB.

     On a distro-type kernel with kernel IBT enabled, they reduce
     objtool's peak heap usage from 4.2GB to 2.8GB.

     These changes also improve the runtime significantly.

  Debuggability improvements:

   - Add the unwind_debug command-line option, for more extend unwinding
     debugging output
   - Limit unreachable warnings to once per function
   - Add verbose option for disassembling affected functions
   - Include backtrace in verbose mode
   - Detect missing __noreturn annotations
   - Ignore exc_double_fault() __noreturn warnings
   - Remove superfluous global_noreturns entries
   - Move noreturn function list to separate file
   - Add __kunit_abort() to noreturns

  Unwinder improvements:

   - Allow stack operations in UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED regions
   - drm/vmwgfx: Add unwind hints around RBP clobber

  Cleanups:

   - Move the x86 entry thunk restore code into thunk functions
   - x86/unwind/orc: Use swap() instead of open coding it
   - Remove unnecessary/unused variables

  Fixes for modern stack canary handling"

* tag 'objtool-core-2023-06-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (42 commits)
  x86/orc: Make the is_callthunk() definition depend on CONFIG_BPF_JIT=y
  objtool: Skip reading DWARF section data
  objtool: Free insns when done
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->rel[a]
  objtool: Shrink elf hash nodes
  objtool: Shrink reloc->sym_reloc_entry
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->jump_table_start
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->addend
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->type
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->offset
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->idx
  objtool: Get rid of reloc->list
  objtool: Allocate relocs in advance for new rela sections
  objtool: Add for_each_reloc()
  objtool: Don't free memory in elf_close()
  objtool: Keep GElf_Rel[a] structs synced
  objtool: Add elf_create_section_pair()
  objtool: Add mark_sec_changed()
  objtool: Fix reloc_hash size
  objtool: Consolidate rel/rela handling
  ...
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arch objtool changes for v6.5: 2023-06-27 15:05:41 -07:00
block for-6.5/block-2023-06-23 2023-06-26 12:47:20 -07:00
certs KEYS: Add missing function documentation 2023-04-24 16:15:52 +03:00
crypto KEYS: asymmetric: Copy sig and digest in public_key_verify_signature() 2023-06-02 15:36:23 +02:00
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ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
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net for-6.5/io_uring-2023-06-23 2023-06-26 12:30:26 -07:00
rust rust: error: impl Debug for Error with errname() integration 2023-06-13 01:24:42 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: Drop unnecessary fallthrough 2023-05-16 19:44:05 +02:00
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sound ASoC: Fix for v6.4 2023-06-21 15:23:23 +02:00
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usr initramfs: Check negative timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2023-04-16 17:37:01 +09:00
virt KVM: Avoid illegal stage2 mapping on invalid memory slot 2023-06-22 15:14:57 -04:00
.clang-format cxl for v6.4 2023-04-30 11:51:51 -07:00
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